Computer Composities

by Various

Release Details

Year: 1966
Format: Vinyl — 7", 45 RPM, EP
Country: Netherlands
Label: IBM
Catalog #: 113 174 E
Tracks: 4

Genres

Electronic Non-Music

Styles

Experimental Technical Speech

Tracklist

A1Contrapunt Experimenten
A2Opus 21
B1Kesän Muistatko Sen
B2Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two)

Notes

This EP, compiled by IBM Nederland N.V., illustrates the possibilities of the computer to perform and compose music. The music was created by using the following computers: A1, A2: IBM Systeem / 360 Model 50, recorded at IBM Düsseldorf. B1: IBM 1130, recorded at University of Turku, Finland. B2: IBM 7094 and a Digital to Sound Transducer, recorded 1962 at Bell Telephone Labratorium USA. Based on the latest computer model used (IBM 1130, introduced to market February 1965) this album would have