What we have here is possibly the very first recording of Electronic Music. The Electrosoniks were Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan.. Interesting names for the 1950’s don’t you think? Was Kid Baltan from the future? You already know that I love electronic music. I find something fascinating about these tracks. Maybe it is because of the historical significance but more likely it was the haunted nature of how I found it.
It was near Halloween which for some reason is one of my favorite times of year. The fall colors are spectacular and I am a huge fan of old monster movies as well as It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I was online just scanning around for Halloween related stuff when I found a website that looked like it used to house a bunch of old Halloween recordings.
I saw numerous album cover art from old records that I had as a kid and there were links to little Halloween themed videos. I was originally looking to a digital version of an old Halloween record we had as kids that feature a bunch of Halloween songs, poems and short stories.
I didn’t find that but I did find Boris Karloff’s Tales Of The Frightened. That became the conduit for The Electrosoniks. first I hear the tales then I found a link stating that the music in the background was The Electrosoniks just slowed down.
When I find myself unwinding over a couple games of FreeCell, I find that The Electrosoniks is my music of choice. I don’t know why. I really like the slowed down version used in the Karloff stories too. Maybe it is because they remind me of my summers in Vermont when ghost story books were king and the mists of the evening carried dark mystery from the edge of the forest.
The Vampire Sleeps – Tales Of The Frightened As Told By Boris Karloff
Sonic Re-Entry
Sonic Re-Entry As Used In Tales Of The Frightened
Song Of The Second Moon
Orbit Aura
Moon Maid