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Erik Satie completes work on three influential piano pieces, Trois Gymnopédies. Gymnopédies. (2021, September 09). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnop%C3%A9dies -
Pierre Schaeffer experiments with “creative radiophonic techniques” working toward the creation of a forerunner of modern electronic music eventually known as Musique Concrete. Musique concrète. (2021, September 10). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concr%C3%A8te Listen -
Working with such composers as Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, and many others, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop drives forward experimental work in electronic composition. Marshal, S. (2008). The story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Sound On Sound.
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Working with tape loops and overdubbing a variety of instruments, Terry Riley composes and releases A Rainbow in Curved Air. A Rainbow in Curved Air. (2021, July 4). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rainbow_in_Curved_Air -
Phaedra_(album). (2021, August 13). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedra_(album) Listen -
Brian Eno embraces the term Ambient and releases Ambient 1/Music for Airports. Deconstructing Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports”. (2021). Reverb Machine. Retrieved from https://reverbmachine.com/blog/deconstructing-brian-eno-music-for-airports/ Listen -
The enigmatic Richard D James (Aphex Twin) releases Selected Ambient Works II, a primarily beatless exploration into electronic textures. Selected Ambient Works Volume II. (2021, June 20). Wikipedia. Retrieved from
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Working with recorded materials in various states of physical degradation, William Basinski completes The Disintegration Loops project. The Disintegration Loops. (2021, September 13). Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disintegration_Loops Listen -
Drone duo Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride release their sixth studio album, 2001’s The Tired Sounds of the Stars of the Lid. Weingarten, C. (2015, July 21). How Stars of the Lid made two ambient masterworks. Rolling Stone. Retrieved from https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-stars-of-the-lid-made-two-ambient-masterworks-63198/ -
Kompakt records releases the boxed set Nah und Fern, collecting the influential artist Wolfgang Voigt's first four albums as GAS. Meggitt, J. (2008, June 16). Gas - Nah und Fern. Resident Advisor. Retrieved from https://ra.co/reviews/5298