Tod Dockstader (born March 20, 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States… Read Full Bio ↴Tod Dockstader (born March 20, 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, died February 27, 2015) was an American composer of electroacoustic music, and particularly musique concrète. He studied painting and film while at the University of Minnesota, before moving to Hollywood in 1955, to become an apprentice film editor. He moved into work as a sound engineer in 1958, and apprenticed at Gotham Recording Studios, where he first started composing. Dockstader's first record, Eight Electronic Pieces, was released in 1960, and was later used as the soundtrack to Federico Fellini's "Satyricon" (1969). He continued to create music throughout the first half of that decade, working principally with tape manipulation effects. In 1966 Owl Records released four albums of his work from this period including what many consider to be Dockstader's masterpiece, Quatermass.

After achieving modest recognition and radio play alongside the likes of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Edgard Varèse, and John Cage, Gotham Studios shut down and Dockstader found himself without access to recording facilities. He applied to a number of established electronic music institutions but was rejected from them for his lack of academic experience in the field. Notably, he received separate rejection letters from both Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. He moved instead into audio-visual work, producing filmstrips and videos for use in schools. Dockstader returned to music at the start of the 21st century, adopting computer composition in favor of tapes.

Tod Dockstader passed away on February 27, 2015, at the age of 82.

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Apocalypse Part Three
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Jaramillo Lugo

4y↑4

Really great compilation OHM the Early Gurus of Electronic Music. Love it! And the video comp too!
Standouts for me also were Louis & Bebe Barron, and Raymond Scott whose music incidentally appeared in a Formula 44 radio ad from my childhood in Puerto Rico! Knew about Iannis Xenakis before from a record at the University music library, listening to it again and again and again...
Music always seems to found you in strange ways!!!

1918SMLE

12y↑2

I love this. After hearing this piece on "Ohm" , I became an instant fan. The complete "Apocalypse" is just amazing.

Jaramillo Lugo

1918SMLE
Oh my! Same here: did love it at first hearing from the Early Gurus of Electronic! Love that compilation!
Likewise with Louis & Bebe Barron, and Raymond Scott whose music incidentally appeared in a Formula 44 radio ad from my childhood in Puerto Rico! Strangely I knew before about Iannis Xenakis from a record at the University music library, listening to it again and again and again... Music seems to found you in strange ways!!!