The Tone Generation, A Radio History of Electronic Music

November 21, 2008 3:15 PM

The Tone Generation is a radio series by Ian Helliwell 'looking at different themes or composers in the era of analogue tape and early synthesizer technology'. The original globe-trotting series: Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, USA, Canada, Rest of World. Bonus programmes: Expo 58, The RCA Synthesizer. All links are to MP3 files, except the first one. Alternatively, you can slurp down the lot in one go by subscribing to the podcast feed.
posted by jack_mo (4 comments total)

My God, it's full of oscillators!

Seriously, thanks for finding this.
posted by lekvar at 3:25 PM on November 21, 2008

Wow, nice find. Thanks for posting it.
posted by sleepy pete at 4:11 PM on November 21, 2008

This is great. Really great find, jack_mo, many thanks!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:42 PM on November 21, 2008

Yeah this is a treasure trove - thanks jack_mo!
posted by vronsky at 8:49 PM on November 21, 2008