Tomorrow's Fashions - Library Electronica 1972-1987
Nothing said new or modern or futuristic quite like a synthesiser in the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advert and you wanted your product or your company to appear forward-thinking and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When TV producers and advertising directors started searching for music that sounded like âTubular Bellsâ â and then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre â music libraries such as De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available.
Compiled by Bob Stanley, âTomorrowâs Fashionsâ varies from advertising jingles and TV themes to space exploration and gorgeous, beatless ambience. Though itâs 40-to-50 years old thereâs a real freshness to this music. Older jazz players Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw and others seized the chance to operate a synth; younger pups including John Saunders and Monica Beale were simply intrigued by the new technology being wheeled into the studios. Thereâs a tangible sense of adventure.
âTomorrowâs Fashionsââ brand of electronica anticipated new age and ambient music. It also had both a direct and indirect influence on pop â the early Human League and the future sounds of Warp Records are all over this collection. Electronic library tracks have been sampled by everyone from MF Doom to Kendrick Lamar.
One personâs primitive and experimental is another personâs space-age lullaby. This was music made in the shadows â in Sohoâs secretive music library studios â that has now become desirable and influential. The chances are chunks of it will be sampled and used on hit records that have yet to be written. If the musiciansâ aim was to soundtrack tomorrowâs fashions, they couldnât have got it more right.
Tracklist
2LP
SIDE ONE
1. COASTER - Simon ParkÂ
2. RIPPLING REEDS - WozoÂ
3. LEAVING - Sam SpenceÂ
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS 1 - John CameronÂ
5. SPAGHETTI JUNCTION - Peter RenoÂ
6. SPACE WALK - RubbaÂ
7. PROSPECT - Paul HartÂ
SIDE TWO
1. TOMORROW'S FASHIONS - Geoff Bastow
2. BLUE MOVIES - Brian WadeÂ
3. VIDEODISC - Trevor BastowÂ
4. INTERFACE - Astral SoundsÂ
5. STARWAYS - Brian ChattonÂ
6. OPTICS - Unit 9Â
7. ATOMIC STATION - WozoÂ
SIDE THREE
1. FUTURE PROSPECT - Adrian BakerÂ
2. PLANNED PRODUCTION - Warren BennettÂ
3. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES - Anthony Hobson aka TektronÂ
4. WATERFALL - ChameleonÂ
5. TELECOM - James Asher
6. EAGLE - Simon Park aka Soul City OrchestraÂ
7. ASTRAL PLAIN - Alan HawkshawÂ
SIDE FOUR
1. DRIFTING IN TIME - Paul WilliamsÂ
2. EARTH BORN - Brian BennettÂ
3. SOFT WAVES - Harry ForbesÂ
4. TOPAZ - Astral SoundsÂ
5. ETERNITY - Alan HawkshawÂ
6. INFINITY - John CameronÂ
7. MORNING DEW - Andy Grossart & Paul Williams
CD
1. COASTER - Simon ParkÂ
2. RIPPLING REEDS - WozoÂ
3. LEAVING - Sam SpenceÂ
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS 1 â John Cameron
5. SPAGHETTI JUNCTION - Peter RenoÂ
6. SPACE WALK - RubbaÂ
7. PROSPECT - Paul HartÂ
8. TOMORROW'S FASHIONS - Geoff BastowÂ
9. BLUE MOVIES - Brian WadeÂ
10. VIDEODISC - Trevor BastowÂ
11. INTERFACE - Astral SoundsÂ
12. STARWAYS - Brian ChattonÂ
13. OPTICS - Unit 9
14. ATOMIC STATION - WozoÂ
15. FUTURE PROSPECT - Adrian BakerÂ
16. PLANNED PRODUCTION - Warren BennettÂ
17. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES â Anthony Hobson aka Tektron
18. WATERFALL - ChameleonÂ
19. TELECOM - James AsherÂ
20. EAGLE - Simon Park aka Soul City Orchestra
21. ASTRAL PLAIN - Alan HawkshawÂ
22. DRIFTING IN TIME - Paul Williams
23. EARTH BORN - Brian BennettÂ
24. SOFT WAVES - Harry Forbes
25. TOPAZ - Astral Sounds
26. ETERNITY - Alan Hawkshaw
27. INFINITY - John Cameron
28. MORNING DEW - Andy Grossart & Paul Williams
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Nothing said new or modern or futuristic quite like a synthesiser in the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advert and you wanted your product or your company to appear forward-thinking and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When TV producers and advertising directors started searching for music that sounded like âTubular Bellsâ â and then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre â music libraries such as De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available.
Compiled by Bob Stanley, âTomorrowâs Fashionsâ varies from advertising jingles and TV themes to space exploration and gorgeous, beatless ambience. Though itâs 40-to-50 years old thereâs a real freshness to this music. Older jazz players Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw and others seized the chance to operate a synth; younger pups including John Saunders and Monica Beale were simply intrigued by the new technology being wheeled into the studios. Thereâs a tangible sense of adventure.
âTomorrowâs Fashionsââ brand of electronica anticipated new age and ambient music. It also had both a direct and indirect influence on pop â the early Human League and the future sounds of Warp Records are all over this collection. Electronic library tracks have been sampled by everyone from MF Doom to Kendrick Lamar.
One personâs primitive and experimental is another personâs space-age lullaby. This was music made in the shadows â in Sohoâs secretive music library studios â that has now become desirable and influential. The chances are chunks of it will be sampled and used on hit records that have yet to be written. If the musiciansâ aim was to soundtrack tomorrowâs fashions, they couldnât have got it more right.
Tracklist
2LP
SIDE ONE
1. COASTER - Simon ParkÂ
2. RIPPLING REEDS - WozoÂ
3. LEAVING - Sam SpenceÂ
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS 1 - John CameronÂ
5. SPAGHETTI JUNCTION - Peter RenoÂ
6. SPACE WALK - RubbaÂ
7. PROSPECT - Paul HartÂ
SIDE TWO
1. TOMORROW'S FASHIONS - Geoff Bastow
2. BLUE MOVIES - Brian WadeÂ
3. VIDEODISC - Trevor BastowÂ
4. INTERFACE - Astral SoundsÂ
5. STARWAYS - Brian ChattonÂ
6. OPTICS - Unit 9Â
7. ATOMIC STATION - WozoÂ
SIDE THREE
1. FUTURE PROSPECT - Adrian BakerÂ
2. PLANNED PRODUCTION - Warren BennettÂ
3. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES - Anthony Hobson aka TektronÂ
4. WATERFALL - ChameleonÂ
5. TELECOM - James Asher
6. EAGLE - Simon Park aka Soul City OrchestraÂ
7. ASTRAL PLAIN - Alan HawkshawÂ
SIDE FOUR
1. DRIFTING IN TIME - Paul WilliamsÂ
2. EARTH BORN - Brian BennettÂ
3. SOFT WAVES - Harry ForbesÂ
4. TOPAZ - Astral SoundsÂ
5. ETERNITY - Alan HawkshawÂ
6. INFINITY - John CameronÂ
7. MORNING DEW - Andy Grossart & Paul Williams
CD
1. COASTER - Simon ParkÂ
2. RIPPLING REEDS - WozoÂ
3. LEAVING - Sam SpenceÂ
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS 1 â John Cameron
5. SPAGHETTI JUNCTION - Peter RenoÂ
6. SPACE WALK - RubbaÂ
7. PROSPECT - Paul HartÂ
8. TOMORROW'S FASHIONS - Geoff BastowÂ
9. BLUE MOVIES - Brian WadeÂ
10. VIDEODISC - Trevor BastowÂ
11. INTERFACE - Astral SoundsÂ
12. STARWAYS - Brian ChattonÂ
13. OPTICS - Unit 9
14. ATOMIC STATION - WozoÂ
15. FUTURE PROSPECT - Adrian BakerÂ
16. PLANNED PRODUCTION - Warren BennettÂ
17. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES â Anthony Hobson aka Tektron
18. WATERFALL - ChameleonÂ
19. TELECOM - James AsherÂ
20. EAGLE - Simon Park aka Soul City Orchestra
21. ASTRAL PLAIN - Alan HawkshawÂ
22. DRIFTING IN TIME - Paul Williams
23. EARTH BORN - Brian BennettÂ
24. SOFT WAVES - Harry Forbes
25. TOPAZ - Astral Sounds
26. ETERNITY - Alan Hawkshaw
27. INFINITY - John Cameron
28. MORNING DEW - Andy Grossart & Paul Williams
