An Electric Storm

An Electric Storm
Studio album by White Noise
Released June 1969
Recorded 1968
Genre Electronic, avant-pop[1]
Length 35:06
Label Island
Producer A Kaleidophon Production, David Vorhaus (production coordinator)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media(8.6/10) link

An Electric Storm is the debut album by electronic music group White Noise. The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only, but were then persuaded by Chris Blackwell of Island Records to create an entire album. At this point the group had established the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks. The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.[2]

A brief extract from the track "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in the Hammer Film Productions film Dracula AD 1972.

Track listing

Phase-In:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love without Sound"Delia Derbyshire, David Vorhaus3:07
2."My Game of Loving"Duncan, Vorhaus4:10
3."Here Come the Fleas"McDonald, Vorhaus2:15
4."Firebird"Derbyshire, Vorhaus3:05
5."Your Hidden Dreams"McDonald, Vorhaus4:58

Phase-Out:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."The Visitation"McDonald, Vorhaus11:14
7."Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell"White Noise (Duncan, Derbyshire, Vorhaus, Lytton, Hodgson[3])7:22

Personnel

The following people contributed to An Electric Storm:[4]

  • Kaleidophon – production
  • David Vorhaus – production co-ordinator
  • Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson – electronic sound realisation
  • Paul Lytton – percussion
  • John Whitman, Annie Bird, Val Shaw – vocals

Releases

  • June 1969 - LP, Island Records, catalog number ILPS 9099
  • 27 March 1995[5] - CD, "3D Island" label, Island Records, 3DCID 1001; deleted 1996[6]
  • 9 July 2007[7] - CD re-released, Island Remasters

References

  1. ↑ McNamee, David (January 19, 2009). "The Best Of The BBC Radiophonic Workshop On One Side Of A C90". The Quietus.
  2. ↑ An Electric Storm, sleeve notes, 1995 CD version, 3DCID 1001, Island Records
  3. ↑ White Noise: An Electric Storm (Island, 2007)
  4. ↑ An Electric Storm - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved 27 June 2011
  5. ↑ An Electric Storm, amazon.com
  6. ↑ An Electric Storm, review at Groove Unlimited
  7. ↑ An Electric Storm, CD Universe product information


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