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| AGP32 is the third of
three dedicated to electronic and electroacoustic compositions by Ilhan
Mimaroglu. I would have transcribed these some time ago, but I had
assumed most or all of them were available on CD. Mimaroglu was one of
the most creative composers working at the Columbia-Princeton
Electronic Music Center, starting in 1964. His purely electronic works
sometimes feature the dry, nasally tonal palette typical of
Columbia-Princeton compositions, while his works deriving from acoustic
sound sources such as clarinet or rubber band tend to be richer and
more appealing. But even when when the timbres are less beguiling than
in some European electronic compositions of the period, Mimaroglu
unfailingly has an excellent sense of rhythm and structure. This third Mimaroglu installment covers the period from 1974-83. It is drawn from two LPs, both on American pressings with low to moderate levels of pressing noise. Tracks 30-36 repeat tracks from AGP30, in versions transcribed from a different LP. Each of the LPs has some level of pressing noise, and while I prefer the pressings transcribed in AGP30, I figured I'd provide both and let AGP partisans decide for themselves. Also, the versions in this installment supposedly are revised versions made for the 1976 LP release. I only noticed subtle differences, other than a somewhat different frequency balance, but I didn't compare them closely. The installment includes a text file containing the liner notes from three of the six LPs from which AGP30-32 were transcribed. The other three LPs had either no liner notes or notes that added nothing in particular to the liner notes in the text file. To download AGP32 files, right-click on each of the following links and select SAVE LINK AS.
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