Edgar Froese – Aqua, 1974 Virgin – YX-7015-VR, Japan Vinyl LP + Obi
From 30 Years Of Dreaming
Shortly after the recording of Phaedra, Edgar Froese began to work on his first solo-project -- Aqua. This album was recorded between November 1973 and March 1974 and it was released on both Brain and Virgin Records by the end of 1974.
On Aqua, Edgar Froese did some experiments with artificial stereo as one of the pioneers in this field of recording; two microphones were put inside the ears of an artificial head and were supposed to hear -- and record -- as a human being would hear things. One side of the album is recorded with this new technique, which should help improve the stereo image and make a more realistic 3D-sound.
Froese was not completely alone on Aqua; Chris Franke made some of the sounds on a Moog synthesizer, which was an instrument he was beginning to master quite competently. Chris Franke had spent hours and hours trying to figure out how this vast machine worked and along the way he discovered how it could be used to create different rhythm patterns sequences which was his trademark.
© 1999 by Kent Eskildsen
ORIGIN : Japan
LABEL : Virgin – YX-7015-VR
CONDITION OF COVER, INSERT & OBI : VG+
CONDITION OF RECORD : EX+
RECORD GRADING DEFINITIONS
MINT: Never opened, still in original shrink wrap.
NM: Opened, appears unplayed.
EX: A few very light surface hair-line marks with no major deterioration to the sound quality.
VG: A few light scratches and/or scuffs creating audible background noise. There is no skipping or jumping on this record unless indicated in the condition description.
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