raymond scott

Monday, December 17, 2007

Where would dance, hip-hop, Eighties, and electronic music be without Raymond Scott?


For those who don’t know me personally, I’m a big fan of electronic music. I can listen to the stuff for hours and perhaps even listen to it more than live compositions — the sound is just so tight, so crisp.

Raymond Scott, a sound engineer and musician born in 1908, was an early pioneer of electronic music. I understand he was one of the first artists to create songs using only computers.

Below is one of my favorite tracks of his recorded sometime between 1953-’69. I shutter to think where we’d be musically without this man’s contributions. Good stuff.

Comments (1)
READ MORE: electronica, music, raymond scott