I recently had the pleasure of interviewing
Laurie Spiegel
for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks revisiting Spiegel's records, most notably
The Expanding Universe
, her 1980 masterpiece that blends synth experimentalism with early examples of what would eventually be called
ambient music
, and algorithmic composition techniques. It's a marvel that sounds both nostalgic and cutting-edge at the same time.
Tracks like "Patchwork" and "A Folk Study" dabble in the sort of bouncy arpeggios that beg comparisons to The Who's "Baba O'Riley," while "Old Wave" and "East River Dawn" conjure
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