Scott's Dream - Music From A Reimagined Digital Electronium | Yuri Suzuki

Scott's Dream - Music From A Reimagined Digital Electronium

by Yuri Suzuki

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Acoustic Ecologist Sound design as improvisation. Computation as musicianship. Why aren't there more of these?

Kay Thomas Now this is the album I've been waiting for. The electronic works of Raymond Scott is some of my favorite music of all time. So when I heard that someone had taken the time to digitally recreate the Electronium and make music with it inspired by his works, I was very excited. This album hits the same feelings I get when listening to Scott's electronic works. It's nostalgic, curious, eerie yet also charming, and overall very unique. This one will be on repeat for a while!

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1.	Wide Spectrum Of Colours 02:16	buy track
2.	Convenient For The Fingers 02:43	buy track
3.	Avoid The Monotony 02:15	buy track
4.	Deep Into The Experience 01:57	buy track
5.	A Cockpit Of Dreams 06:25	buy track
6.	A Stimulant To The Imagination 02:30	buy track
7.	Just Press A Button 02:13	buy track
8.	Blink Silently 02:21	buy track
9.	Acoustically Silent Switching 02:51	buy track
10.	Tremendously Biting Accent 02:16	buy track
11.	Attractive Ornaments 01:54	buy track

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Conceived by Raymond Scott - an American bandleader and legendary director of Motown's Electronic Search and Development department, the Electronium is described as an instantaneous performance-composition machine. A very early example of A.I. the original machine was able to intelligently generate music by responding to sequenced melodic phrases.
Pentagram's Yuri Suzuki and creative studio Counterpoint have reimagined this iconic musical instrument using modern technology. Even though the original idea is from 1959, the team’s hope is that by bringing the Electronium back to life, they can show how intelligent technology can be a important building block of culture.
Across the 11 compositions on ‘Scott’s Dream’, Suzuki shows a mastery of the instrument, engaging in a dialogue between man and machine. Suzuki coaxes a range of sounds from the Electronium; moving from calm electronic counterpoint to more introspective and darker timbres.
The tape release of Scott’s Dream will be release on Bandcamp, September 10th, all proceeds will be going to charity.
Artwork for the tape and poster design have been generously designed by Astrid Stavro and team.

MSG is an experimental music label by Yuri Suzuki. Not only focussing on the aesthetic of music, but prioritising the concept of the release.
For his first release, Suzuki explores his fascination of music and technology through reimagined AI generated by Raymond Scott’s Electronium.

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released September 10, 2020

Project Members
Yuri Suzuki
Gabriel Vergara II
Adam Cheong-MacLeod
Counterpoint - Samuel Diggins and Tero Parvianen
Maxwell Sterling
Oscar Arce

Special Thanks to
Raymond Scott Archives
Stanley Warnow
Deb Scott
Pentagram
Daniel Weil
Simon Denzel
Jack Hertz
Nicholas D Kent
Takashi Okada
Mark Mothersbaugh

Research support by
Bunka-cho agency of cultural affairs, Japan
Asako Tomura
Akihiro Kubota
Takahiro Azami
Kumiko Noguchi
Hideki Matsutake

The Digital Electronium was exhibited at ‘More Than Human : AI’
at the Barbican centre, London.

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MSG is an experimental music label by Yuri Suzuki. Not only focussing on the aesthetic of music, but prioritising the concept of the release.

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