The Tone Generation

The Tone Generation - Programme 16 Electronics for Expos

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:50:22 +0000

This 45 minute programme explores a selection of electronic music featured
at Expos during the 1960s, featuring tracks from the Seattle World`s Fair
1962, the New York World`s Fair 1964/65, Expo 67 and Expo 70 - composed by
Attilio Mineo, Raymond Scott, Otto Joachim, Zbignew Blazje, Marino Zuccheri,
Toshi Ichiyanagi, Douglas Lilburn and Arne Nordheim.

The Tone Generation - Programme 15 Electronic Music Authors

Tue, 12 May 2009 09:59:41 +0000

Music by: Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Lowell Cross, Tristram Cary, Elliott Schwartz and Ernst Krenek.

The Tone Generation - Programme 13 - Electronics and Jazz

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:52:41 +0000

In this hour long special Ian Helliwell digs out tracks from his collection by Tom Dissevelt, Bernard Parmegiani, John Baker, Miles Davis, Archie Shepp, Nucleus, Freddie Hubbard/Ilhan Mimaroglu, Paul Bley, Sun Ra and Herbie Hancock to illustrate the them.

The Tone Generation - Programme 14 - Electronics for Dance

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:32:38 +0000

This edition uncovers a selection of composers who have created electronic music scores for modern dance or ballet, and includes tracks by Henk Badings, Remi Gassman, Warner Jepson, Pierre Henry, Ernest Berk and Alwin Nikolais.

The Tone Generation - Programme 10 Southern Hemisphere

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:13:13 +0000

Over 10 programmes, artist/musician Ian Helliwell delves into his archive to look at the development of electronic music right across the world in the classic era of analogue technology. Starting in Europe and finishing up in the Southern Hemisphere, he will be playing vintage tracks from celebrated and overlooked composers from each country.

Music by: Toru Takemitsu, Akira Miyoshi, Bruce Clarke, John Crocker, John Rimmer, Jose Vicente Asuar and Jorge Antunes.

The Tone Generation - Programme 12 - The RCA Synthesizer

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:12:52 +0000

This special 45 minute edition examines the leviathan synthesizer introduced by RCA engineers in 1955, and features electronic sounds created only with the Mark 1 and 2 machines. Included are tracks composed by Otto Leuning, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Milton B.

The Tone Generation - Programme 11 Expo 58

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:22:56 +0000

Adding to the original ten part Tone Generation series, in this special Worlds Fair edition Ian Helliwell foccusses exclusively on electronic music aired at Expo 58 and was first broadcast as part of the Oscillatomium programme live from the Atomium in Brussels in October 2008 organised by mobile-radio.net.

Music by: Edgard Varese, Iannis Xenakis, Henk Badings, Herbert Eimert, Wlodzimierz Kotonski and Henry Jacobs.

The Tone Generation - Programme 9 Canada

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:53:18 +0000

Music by: Hugh le Caine, Phillip Werren, Barry Truax, Norman McLaren and R. Murray Schafer.

The Tone Generation - Programme 8 America

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:52:56 +0000

Music by: Louis & Bebe Barron, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Milton Babbitt, Morton Subotnick, Haig Mardirosian, Raymond Scott and Gil Melle.

The Tone Generation - Programme 6 Scandanavia

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:32:47 +0000

Programme 6 features music by Rune Lindblad, Karl Birger Blomdahl, Ralph Lundsten, Else Marie Pade, Erkki Kurenniemi and Arne Nordheim.

The Tone Generation - Programme 7 Eastern Europe

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:32:43 +0000

Programme 7 features music by Edward Artemiev with Yuri Bogdanov, Eugeniusz Rudnik, Bohdan Mazurek, Josef Malovec, Miloslav Istvan, and Ivan Patachich.

The Tone Generation - Programme 5 Holland and Belgium

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:03:03 +0000

Programme 5 features music by Henk Badings, Henri Pousseur, Ton Bruynel, Leo Kupper, Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan.

The Tone Generation - Programme 4 Italy

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:02:41 +0000

Programme 4 features composed by Luigi Russolo, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Luigi Nono, Vittorio Gelmetti and John Eaton.

The Tone Generation - Programme 3 Germany

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:32:59 +0000

Programme 3 features music by Walter Ruttman, Oskar Sala, Herbert Eimert, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Gyorgy Ligeti and Kraftwerk.

The Tone Generation - Programme 2 France

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:22:43 +0000

Programme 2 features music by: Pierre Schaefer, Iannis Xenakis, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Henry with Michel Colombier and with Spooky Tooth, Ivo Malec and Bernard Parmegiani.

The Tone Generation - Programme 1 Great Britain

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:04:34 +0000

Over 10 programmes, artist/musician Helliwell delves into his archive to look at the development of electronic music right across the world in the classic era of analogue technology. Starting in Europe and finishing up in the Southern Hemisphere, he will be playing vintage tracks from celebrated and overlooked composers from each country.

Programme 1 starts with Great Britain featuring tracks from Tristram Cary, Daphne Oram, Desmond Leslie and Fred Judd.