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Europa Live, 1978

by randon myles

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dream across the universe escape the curse of time breathe in where you stand and put your hand in mine we will travel far watch the stars unwind life is just the start we’re all one heart one mind

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released October 11, 2020

In the summer of 1978 I had the opportunity to go on a short European tour with three other electronic musicians that I had been performing with for the past year, Clara Varèse, Edgard Rockmore, and Ondes Martenot. We had been playing small gigs across the United States, mostly college campuses and underground venues, when I was approached by a promoter friend. Up until that time, our setup was pretty portable, a couple of Mini Moogs, ARP 2600s, a Wurlitzer electric piano, but this was to be a grand affair and we had the backing to bring along a veritable arsenal of instruments, including four full Moog Modular Systems!

Though the European venues weren’t particularly large, we were set to perform in Paris, London, Istanbul, and Venice. All the compositions were mine, but each of the other performers had tremendous flexibility in realizing their own parts. There was also quite a bit of improvisation involved!

All of this would have been lost to time, and nearly was, but it turned out that Edgard’s brother (who also served as one of our technicians) taped all the performances. There was a 1/4 inch stereo house mix, and a 2 inch multi-track recording taken directly from the soundboard. And it was these tapes I found a few years ago while cleaning out an old studio storeroom. I transferred them to hard disk and have now remixed and remastered the original recordings.

I’m proud to finally be able to release these recordings now for the first time. I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed creating them.

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