Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Don’t Overvalue The Present

LuvSound have released a new various artists collection of ambient music in tribute to Marc Weidenbaum, founder of Disquiet. Weidenbaum recently became a father, and the theme of the sampler is Raymond Scott's groundbreaking 1963 three-volume SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY, which Marc declared one of the '16 albums that changed his life':
For a fan of electronic music, hearing this material by innovator Raymond Scott is akin to a comics fan discovering Windsor Mccay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland or Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix for the first time. The lesson is simple: Don’t overvalue the present. Often the innovations of the past are simply overlooked and under-acknowledged.

Listen to or download the new album here.

2 comments:

  1. Weidenbaum posted a follow-up after reading this blog:

    http://disquiet.com/2010/09/21/soothing-sounds-for-my-baby/

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  2. My mom bought all three Soothing Sounds for Baby when my little sister was born, 1964. And yes I'm an electronic music fan today!

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