Show #1 of Doug Lynner’s World of Noise (WON) is airing this evening on Flashback Alternatives so this would be a good time for the first post to the blog. The full playlist of today’s will be published here and at Flashback Alternatives next week. But meanwhile here is some information on the four artists/bands featured in the show.

Vladimir_Ussachevsky
From: OHM: the early gurus of electronic music: 1948-1980 – Elipsis Art… CD3670
Learn more about Vladimir Ussachevsky at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Ussachevsky
Note: Synth players out there will be interested to know that Ussachevsky specified the ADSR envelope.
Additional sounds: http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=107

Louis and Bebe Barron
From: OHM: the early gurus of electronic music: 1948-1980 – Elipsis Art… CD3670
Learn more about Louis and Bebe Barron at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_and_Bebe_Barron http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4486840
Note: Composed first entierly electronic film score

Silver Apples
From: Silver Apples/Silver Apples Kapp Records KS3562 1968
Learn more about Silver Apples at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Apples
http://www.silverapples.com/

Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies
From: The American Metaphysical Circus/Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies Columbia Records MS 7317 1969
Learn More about Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Metaphysical_Circus