Re: roots (and dj's)

[Michael Peters <100041.247@CompuServe.COM>]

>> I'm no expert regarding this kind of stuff, but I bet that if you search
>> for info on Musique Concrete, you'll find some names of the first people
>> to compose with these kinds of materials.
>>
>> -Jon
>  Aha! This is a lead. Any Musique Concrete experts hanging about?
>  I thought there may have been people who experimented with records as a
>  musical tool before tape loops, but wasn't sure. Does anybody know more
>  details about that? I'd love to know who these people were and who
>  inspired them.
>
>  Kim
 
Yes, records were there before tape. Names: Edgard Varese, Pierre 
Schaeffer,
Pierry Henry, Olivier Messiaen. Schaeffer did the first Musique Concrete
piece in 1948, using recordings. Varese did the first Musique Concrete 
piece
using tapes in 1954.
 
-Michael