We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Tod Dockstader - Water Music, Part One

from Electro​-​Acoustic Music [Musique Concr​ê​te] by various artists

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

From "Water Music/Two Moons/Quatermass" (Owl Records ORLP-7, 1966).

Dockstader, born 1932 in St. Paul MN, was one of America's electronic music pioneers, although active for only a brief time (1960-1965). During these five years he produced at least nine major works, all still in print. He started in 1955 by moving to Hollywood to become an editor and sound effects man for cartoons, including Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing. In 1957 he got a job as an assistant engineer at Gotham Studios, staying late in the studio to work on his own compositions. Seven years later he left Gotham to work as an audio-visual designer on the Air Canada Pavilion at Montreal's Expo '67. Despite his rich legacy of recorded work, he was denied access to the major electronic music centers because of his lack of academic credentials.  Dockstader chose not to pursue it, stating that his work with tapes had become obsolete anyway with the advent of synthesizers, even though tape music was still created through the 1970s at the Groupe de Recherche Musicales. As his label says, "We will never know what new realms of sound he may have led us into if the Columbia-Princeton Center hadn't turned him away in the mid-sixties."

When I wrote the above for the EAM booklet in 1999, I assumed Dockstader had passed away. One of my correspondents, David Lee Myers, corrected me, letting me know that Tod was still very much alive. I sent a copy of this compilation to him, which initiated a spirited correspondence which lasted until his untimely passing in 2015, one month shy of his 83rd birthday. Meanwhile David coaxed Tod back into the (virtual) studio, where he said "computers make everything so much easier." Their collaboration resulted in two new releases, "Pond" (2004) and "Bijou" (2005), as well as three new Dockstader solo CDs, "Aerial #1, 2 & 3" (2006) and a compilation "From The Archives" (2016). To the end Dockstader remained a questing curious unconventional composer.
www.starkland.com/musicians/dockstader.htm

credits

from Electro​-​Acoustic Music [Musique Concr​ê​te], released July 22, 1999

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Anode image

Anode Seattle, Washington

I've recorded under the name Anode since 1972, in much the same way that Winnie the Pooh lives under the name Sanders.

What I've recorded may not be 'music' to everyone's ears, since it includes "organized sound" and soundscapes, both real and imagined. I make no apologies; my skill set is limited.

My authentic soundscapes can be found over here:
auss.bandcamp.com ... more

contact / help

Contact Anode

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Anode recommends:

If you like Water Music, Part One, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now