Machine Listening – Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment [LP] Prog / Kraut / Psych / Art Rock then juxtaposes concrète new age

then juxtaposes concrète new age with quartz-timed percussion and lilting Fender Rhodes

Brooks’ accordion playing is always understated and occupies a vital dimension

Doyle on tenor saxophone and fife

there is a special edition of 20 copies with unique collage cover art by AK

It’s quintessential

Machine Listening – Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment [LP] Prog / Kraut / Psych / Art Rock then juxtaposes concrète new age"Is it difficult to reproduce the sounds of nature? Environments 12 is a new, speculative addition to the once popular Environments series: a sequence of 11 records released between 1969 and 1979 that anticipated a mass market in mood altering nature recordings. Now, in the era of planetary scale computation, it is the environment itself thats being updated. The reproduction, synthesis and management of soundscapes has become ubiquitous and automated.