Blog : Early Australian Computer Music

Early Australian Computer Music

Shame File Music is past the halfway mark in the reissue of the seminal Australian compilation series NMATAPES, originally released on cassette in the 1980s, and now presented as free downloads complete with cover and liner notes.

NMATAPE6 (1987) focussed on the early work in computer music.  One of Australia's pioneers in this field, Warren Burt, presents a piece made up of processed orchestra samples, and Mark Rudolf's "Beautiful But Marred by the Blemish of a Perpetual Dissatisfaction" is an early example of voice performance processed by a computer.  

Other names of interest here include David Hirst, Alistair Riddell and Cindy John (Robin Fox's mum!).

NMATAPES 1-6 are available for free download as a complete zip file from Shame File, or for trade on CDR if you haven't got the bandwidth.

- Also new on the Shame File Catalogue:

* Bokor "Loss" CD – Atmospheric, ambient guitar workouts interwoven with field recordings of natural sounds, featuring yours truly on 2 tracks.  AU$8ppd (US$6ppd)

* Biffplex "Music for Piano & Electronics" CD – First new studio work in 3 years, the Brisbane duo take a slight left turn whilst looking over their shoulders to the electro-acoustic 1960s/70s and explore the piano, inside and out.  Limited edition of 50.  AU$15ppd (US$11ppd) and available from Half/Theory as well

Clinton

Shame File Music – specialising in Australian experimental

Added by shamefile on 4 August 2006