CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY MUSIC PRIVATE SYNTH 1968 CAGE XENAKIS

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EXTREMELY RARE CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY MUSIC LP!!!
THESE WERE ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY EXHIBITION IN LONDON IN 1968. VERY FEW OF THESE WERE MADE. DON'T SLEEP ON THIS ONE, WHO KNOWS THE NEXT TIME ONE WILL POP UP ON EBAY.
RECORD IS IN VG++/VG++ CONDITION, A VERY NICE COPY.
PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING. BUYER MUST PAY WITHIN 72 HOURS OF AUCTIONS END.

Cybernetic Serendipity was one of the first ever exhibitions about robotics, computers and their future with mankind. Held in 1968 at the ICA (Institute Of Contemporary Arts) this unique London exhibition now lives in popular legend as a seminal event. Simply google the two words "Cybernetic" and "Serendipity" and all manor of high praise, academic papers and comments will magically appear. One major part of this historically important exhibition (along with a robot that made a new painting every 20 minutes) was the new relationship between man, music, robots and computers. This LP was made by the ICA as an examination of this new relationship and as a souvenir of the exhibition. It was released only by the ICA and was only for sale at the exhibition. I've investigated this as much as possible and it seems as though maybe only a couple of hundred copies were pressed. It is incredibly rare, highly desirable and was incidentally also the first ever LP issued by the Institute. It is unlikely it will ever be repressed or reissued.

The idea of the LP was to explore the new field of "computer music", to see where it had come from and possibly where it was going. Therefore this LP includes some "work in progress" as well as some truly landmark recordings.

Side One: 1) Illiac Suite (Experiment 4) by Lejaren Hiller and Leonard Isaacson. 2) Cartridge Music (Excerpt) John Cage. 3) Strategie (excerpt) by Iannis Xenakis. 4) Experiment Quatro-Due by Williams Fucks. 5) Mudgett (Excerpt) by JK Randall, vocals by Melinda Kessler.

Side Two: Compusition 3 by Gerlad Strang. 2) Bit Music (Excerpt) by Haruki Tsuchiya, Computer Technique Group, Tokyo. 3) Enneadic Selections by T.H. O'Beirne. 4) January Tensions by Peter Zinovieff. 5) Infraudibles by Herbert Brun. This track is worth explaining a little - it was recorded live at the ICA, August 29th 1968. The performers were Evan Parker, Richard Howe, Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars and Bernard Rands. The whole LP was complied by Peter Schmidt.