Expanding Universe, The
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Reviewed 2013-01-31
Reviewed 2013-01-31
Laurie Spiegel
The Expending Universe
Unseen Worlds
Bright synthesizer featuring lots of counterpoint and harmony. Composed on big mainframe computers at Bell Labs in the 70s.
DISC 1
*1. (9:47) Bright cheerful gooey synth bleepy bloops, Sundrips
2. (6:54) Long drawn out tones and harmonies, synth humming
3. (7:19) Distortion, wind, popping. Lots of fake endings
*4. (2:04) Peppy, strong counterpoint, Emeralds
5. (7:09) Hypnotic quiet drums
6. (5:23) Single stranded, little harmony
7. (7:57) Distorted overlay, harmonize, fuzzy
8. (3:14) Straight forward propellation
9. (28:29) Synths slowly whirring, slow motion beep
DISC 2
1. (14:17) Soft counterpoint
2. (6:31) Woozy light distortion, dreamy
3. (10:03) Anticipating a man in a cape, minor
4. (5:23) Hollow synth, tapping, vibraphone
5. (2:21) French horn beads
6. (2:31) Dissonant slow counterpoint
7. (8:38) Outerspace transmissions, hollow knocking
8. (6:20) Long synth strings and knocking
9. (10:40) Sirens, whirring, painful
10. (11:45) Submarine humming
Recent airplay
Appalachian Grove Iii
Virtually Happy — Mar 17, 2025
Music For Dance Part I
Neural facilitation — Aug 31, 2017
Old Wave
subwoofer etc — Sep 29, 2016
Appalachian Grove I
subwoofer etc — Sep 15, 2016
Appalachian Grove I
subwoofer etc — Aug 04, 2016
Drums
subwoofer etc — Jul 21, 2016
Charting
2013-02-02 — 2013-04-06
Electronic, Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 7 | 2 |
| Mar 31 | 1 |
| Mar 24 | 3 |
| Mar 17 | 4 |
| Mar 10 | 2 |
| Mar 3 | 1 |
| Feb 17 | 3 |
| Feb 10 | 5 |
Track listing
| 1. | Patchwork | ||
| 2. | Old Wave | ||
| 3. | Pentachrome | ||
| 4. | A Folk Study | ||
| 5. | Drums | ||
| 6. | Appalachian Grove I | ||
| 7. | Appalachian Grove Ii | ||
| 8. | Appalachian Grove Iii | ||
| 9. | The Expanding Universe | ||
| 10. | East River Dawn | ||
| 11. | The Unquestioned Answer | ||
| 12. | The Orient Express | ||
| 13. | Clockworks | ||
| 14. | Dirge Part I | ||
| 15. | Dirge Part Ii | ||
| 16. | Music For Dance Part I | ||
| 17. | Music For Dance Part Ii | ||
| 18. | Kepler's Harmony Of The Worlds | ||
| 19. | Wandering In Our Times |