Douglas Lilburn, the pioneer of electronic music in New Zealand, is featured in a beautiful 10 CD package that includes an accompanying booklet. CDe #: NZ100-8 Publisher: Radio NZ List: $56
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This 2-DVD set about George Antheil includes the award-winning film by Ron Frank and Paul D. Lehrman. CDe #: EM160 Publisher: EMF Media List: $18
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George Antheil's Ballet Mécanique, a wild, highly rhythmic composition combining industrial age sounds and jazz, is one of the most notorious musical moments of the 20th century. CDe #: EM120 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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Music by Jim Horton, co-founder of the League of Automatic Music Composers in the 1970s. CDe #: AR112 Publisher: Artifact Recordings List: $16
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Alvin Lucier is among the most original of the early electronic music pioneers. CDe #: NW297 Publisher: New World List: $16
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The Harald Bode Sound Project seeks to reframe the sounds and ideas of pioneer electronic instrument designer Harald Bode. CDe #: IE102-2 Publisher: IEA List: $21
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Cascando and other works by Charles Dodge. CDe #: NW388 Publisher: New World List: $16
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Clara Rockmore performs music by Villa-Lobos, Ravel, Gershwin, and many others, on the theremin. CDe #: BR191 Publisher: Bridge List: $16
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A compilation of electronicmusic from the early days of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. CDe #: NW122 Publisher: New World List: $16
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This CD contains some essential history. CDe #: WE119 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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Computer compositions by Denis Smalley, Mesias Maiguashca, Gareth Loy, Kaija Saariaho, and Jonathan Harvey. CDe #: WE114 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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A collection of Coriún Aharonián's electronic works, composed between 1967 and 1984. CDe #: TB100 Publisher: Tacuabe List: $19
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Daphne Oram is known for her design of the Oramics system and for her co-founding the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1958. CDe #: PR113-2 Publisher: Paradigm List: $21
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Earle Brown, one of the major composers of the so-called New York School, played an important role in rethinking sturcture and sound in music. CDe #: NW346 Publisher: New World List: $16
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A wonderful tour of Francois Bayle's musical ideas. CDe #: IN187-4 Publisher: INAgrm List: $27
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David Tudor and Gordon Mumma worked together for many years as musicians for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. CDe #: NW348 Publisher: New World List: $16
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A history and current view of the Institute of Sonology in The Netherlands, with music by Xenakis, Varese, Koenig, and others. CDe #: BV112-2 Publisher: BVHaast List: $43
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Classics of elegant computer music by Jean-Claude Risset. CDe #: WE103 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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The famous recording produced by George Avakian of Cage's 25-Year Retrospective Concert at Town Hall, New York, in 1958. CDe #: WE145-4 Publisher: Wergo List: $41
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Electronic music pioneer John Eaton performs his music with early synthesizers. CDe #: EM156 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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David Tudor (piano and percussion) and Christoph Caskel (percussion) play Karlheinz Stockhausen's 'Kontakte'. CDe #: WE123 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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In 1922, Kurt Schwitters, painter and collage artist, began writing a sonata for the voice. CDe #: BA118 Publisher: Basta List: $16
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Lejaren Hiller was the first composer to use computers in composing. CDe #: NW379 Publisher: New World List: $16
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There are many firsts represented in this CD of Morton Subotnick's music. CDe #: WE121 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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Subotnick was there to play the first Buchla synthesizer in 1965. CDe #: WE104 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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The ONCE Festival was one of the most exciting and important festivals in the early days of electronic music. CDe #: NW305-6 Publisher: New World List: $65
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Formed in Rome in 1966, Musica Elettronica Viva's core group has been Fredric Rzewski, Alvin Curran, and Richard Teitelbaum. CDe #: NW382-2 Publisher: New World List: $27
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A compilation of computer music by Michel Waisvisz, Clarence Barlow, James Dashow, Stephen Kaske, Paul Lansky, and Curtis Roads. CDe #: WE100 Publisher: Wergo List: $21
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In 1966, making a slight detour in her trip from from Mills College to San Diego, Pauline Oliveros went to Toronto. CDe #: PR100 Publisher: Paradigm List: $17
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Columbia University was an early center of electronic music activity in the United States. CDe #: NW336 Publisher: New World List: $16
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These compositions by Richard Lainhart were composed in 1974 with the CEMS system, conceived by Joel Chadabe and built by Robert Moog. CDe #: XO100 Publisher: Ex Ovo List: $10
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If you're interested in early computer music, this CD a must! CDe #: WE152-3 Publisher: Wergo List: $23
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A 50-year history of the TU Studio in Berlin, one of the important 20th-century studios. CDe #: EM159 Publisher: EMF Media List: $14
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HPSCHD, by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, is arguably the wildest composition of the 20th century. CDe #: EM138-2 Publisher: EMF Media List: $10
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A collection of Iannis Xenakis' electronic music. CDe #: EM102 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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This CD is the fourth in a series of 4 CDs containing the complete works of Herbert Brun. CDe #: EM112 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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John Cage's exuberant collage centered around birds recorded in aviaries. CDe #: EM113 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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Laurie Spiegel, electronic music pioneer, presents the electronic instruments that she's been working with since the 1970s. CDe #: EM119 Publisher: EMF Media List: $8
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