Did you know that?
Mauricio Kagel, the Argentinean composer, produced Musica para la Torre a pioneering piece of concrete and instrumental music, between 1950 and 1953* but is lost?
The oldest surviving concrete music in Latin America titled “Nacimiento”, was made by the Chilean composer Leon Schidlowsky in 1956?
The Cuban composer Juan Blanco patented the “Multiorgano” in 1942, based on 12 wire loops which predated the mellotron?
The song “Demolicion”, recorded by the Peruvian band Los Saicos in May 1965, is considered the first Punk song in history?
Traditional African music is usually associated with percussion and traditional Asian music with strings, Latin American music should be associated with flutes?
These amazing things I learnt while I was producing Latin Waves , an old show on Resonance FM (now on Mixcloud), which was a very different radio show because it explored Latin American music from the roots to the avant-garde, showing unknown composers, improvisers, traditional and avantgarde music from Latin America. I invite all of you to listen to this programme, you will be amazed to discover unknown music from Latin America.
*According to International Music Catalogue, compiled by Hugh Davies, Independent Electronic Music Center, Inc, 1968.
Below: Mauricio Kagel, Argentinean composer who was a true pioneer of electronic music.
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