Beaver & Krause - In A Wild Sanctuary / Gandharva / All Good Men 2 x CDs
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All three of these electronic albums from 1970-1972, are classics of their very early time in musical synthesis.
“Digitally remastered two CD set containing three classic albums from Beaver & Krause's Warner Brothers period circa 1970-1972. Including the celebrated Moog-friendly collaborators' (Beatles/Byrds/Neil Young/Doors/Phil Spector/Jack Nietzsche/Quincy Jones/Stones/Simon and Garfunkel) quirky mix of early electronics, found sound and musical dalliances from blues to soul, rock to gospel.
Featuring the eco-friendly In A Wild Sanctuary (1970), the haunting Gandharva (1971) and the wonky pop of All Good Men (1972), underlining the indelible mark the duo made on contemporary music.
Filtering Scott Joplin and Bach through the jazz groove of Bud Shank and Gerry Mulligan with the roar of lions and overheard dialogue alongside the swirling futuristic swirl of all-new synthesized sound.
Super rare cult albums from this iconic and innovative duo. Remastered from the original sound sources with sleevenotes by MOJO magazine's Dave Henderson.”
“Composers and synth players Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause were among the most high-profile electronic music acts of the late '60s, recording a series of LPs distinguished not only by their groundbreaking studio advances but also by the presence of notables including Gerry Mulligan and Mike Bloomfield.
Krause -- a onetime member of the legendary folk group the Weavers -- was working as a staff producer at Elektra Records when he met Beaver, a former jazz musician; under the name Beaver & Krause, they began assembling electronic pieces employing spoken-word passages, acoustic instruments, tape loops, and improvisational techniques, debuting in 1968 with The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music.
After 1969's Ragnarok Electric Funk, the duo issued In a Wild Sanctuary a year later; 1971's Gandharva -- recorded live in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and featuring cameos from Mulligan and Bloomfield as well as Bud Shank and Ronnie Montrose -- was the most popular of their releases. After 1972's All Good Men, Beaver recorded the solo LP Perchance to Dream; sadly, it was his final work -- he suffered a fatal heart attack on January 16, 1975 at the age of 49.”-AllMusic
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