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.
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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Two Moons Of Quatermass: First Moon
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@manescsali
1 Entropy-00:00
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
2 Black Sheep Of The Family-01:11
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
3 Post War Saturday Echo-04:50
Written-By -- Ross*, Gustafson*, Robinson*
4 Good Lord Knows-14:32
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
5 Up On The Ground-17:26
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
6 Gemini-24:37
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
7 Make Up Your Mind-30:31
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
8 Laughin' Tackle-39:15
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
9 Entropy (Reprise)-49:50
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
Additional Tracks
10 One Blind Mice-50:32
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
11 Punting-53:51
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
Artwork [Re-touching] -- Richard Manning (3)
Design [Original Sleeve] -- Hipgnosis (2)
Design [Re-package] -- Jon Crossland, Storm Thorgerson
Drums -- Mick Underwood
Engineer -- Andy Stevens, Jeff Jarratt
Keyboards -- Pete Robinson*
Photography By [Additional] -- Rupert Truman
Producer -- Anders Henriksson
Vocals, Bass Guitar -- John Gustafson
Notes
Originally recorded at EMI Studios Abbey Road
Made under licence from A.I.R. (London) Production / Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
(P) 1970 Harvest Records
(C) 1996 Repertoire Records
This is the second Repertoire Records version from 1996 with newly expanded artwork by the original Hipgnosis sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson. This version has slightly deeper bass in some places and also features digital noise redution to reduce analog tape hiss. While this may seem a good thing, it has a down side. The sound of e.g. cymbals dies down more quickly, resulting in a loss of ambience.
@manescsali
1 Entropy-00:00
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
2 Black Sheep Of The Family-01:11
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
3 Post War Saturday Echo-04:50
Written-By -- Ross*, Gustafson*, Robinson*
4 Good Lord Knows-14:32
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
5 Up On The Ground-17:26
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
6 Gemini-24:37
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
7 Make Up Your Mind-30:31
Written-By -- S. Hammond*
8 Laughin' Tackle-39:15
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
9 Entropy (Reprise)-49:50
Written-By -- P. Robinson*
Additional Tracks
10 One Blind Mice-50:32
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
11 Punting-53:51
Written-By -- J. Gustafson*
Artwork [Re-touching] -- Richard Manning (3)
Design [Original Sleeve] -- Hipgnosis (2)
Design [Re-package] -- Jon Crossland, Storm Thorgerson
Drums -- Mick Underwood
Engineer -- Andy Stevens, Jeff Jarratt
Keyboards -- Pete Robinson*
Photography By [Additional] -- Rupert Truman
Producer -- Anders Henriksson
Vocals, Bass Guitar -- John Gustafson
Notes
Originally recorded at EMI Studios Abbey Road
Made under licence from A.I.R. (London) Production / Chrysalis Copyrights Ltd.
(P) 1970 Harvest Records
(C) 1996 Repertoire Records
This is the second Repertoire Records version from 1996 with newly expanded artwork by the original Hipgnosis sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson. This version has slightly deeper bass in some places and also features digital noise redution to reduce analog tape hiss. While this may seem a good thing, it has a down side. The sound of e.g. cymbals dies down more quickly, resulting in a loss of ambience.
@CamusFR7
Thanks
@marcodavidcanonvasquez6114
Black Sheep of the Family was covered by Rainbow.
@dylandid50
I bought this album again last year it is a brilliant masterpiece by a brilliant band. In fact one of the best albums ever 😁😁😁
@TreVader1378
I've just bought it this morning off my local cd guy on the market, he's turned me on to a lot of obscure bands over the years, never steered me wrong, except once with a German band called Can, just couldn't get in to them.
@mlebron20
I bought this LP in 1970. I was 16 years old, along with Pink Floyd’s “Meddle”. I knew nothing about either at the time, I bought them because the cover art blew my mind.
I got them home and of course the music did a number on my mind as well.
This disk still stands up, a great, great LP. I still have it.I still listen to it regularly. Too bad the band did not continue, but it’s hard to beat running off to Roxy Music.
@manatee_flips6811
M.A. Lebron let me know if you’d like tomsell
@julesohrin-greipp3517
I bought mine at the same time-ish while I was stationed at Cherry Point. I also still have it...
@mlebron20
@Timo I presume you mean “to sell”.
I bought the remastered copy. I don’t need my original, so it’s available. I don’t know how we connect thru YouTube however.
@carlosenriquetrejo
Funny... Pink floyd's Meddle was edited and available for the public to buy in 1971. Mandela effect maybe.