Sonic Seasonings
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| Studio album by Wendy Carlos | ||||
| Released |
1972 1998 (CD reissue) | |||
| Genre | Ambient, experimental, New Age | |||
| Length |
86:02 131:15 (1998 reissue) | |||
| Label |
Columbia East Side Digital (1998 reissue) | |||
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Sonic Seasonings is the third album by synthesizer pioneer Wendy Carlos. It was released in 1972. Each side of the double LP was a single piece which was a musing on each of the seasons. The compositions combined music with field recordings, such as rushing wind ("Fall"), birdsong ("Spring"), and insect noises ("Summer"). In her liner notes for the 1998 Compact Disc reissue, Carlos explained that the music "was intended to work on a timbral and experiential level", as part of "a third, viable alternative to acoustic and musical environmental presentations".
Track listing
Side A
- "Spring" – 22:28
Side B
- "Summer" – 21:44
Side C
- "Fall" – 21:09
Side D
- "Winter" – 20:41
1998 reissue
East Side Digital reissued Sonic Seasonings in 1998 as a double-CD, containing the original composition, along with an outtake and another, previously-unreleased composition entitled Land of the Midnight Sun.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Spring" – 22:28
- "Summer" – 21:44
- "Fall" – 21:09
Disc two
- "Winter" – 20:41
- "Winter (Outtake)" – 5:21
- "Aurora Borealis" – 19:55
- "Midnight Sun" – 19:57
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