Tomorrow's Fashions : Library Electronica 1972-1987

Description

Nothing is newer, more modern, or more futuristic than a synthesizer from the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advertisement and wanted your product or company to appear cutting-edge and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When television producers and advertising directors began searching for music that sounded like "Tubular Bells" – then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre – music libraries such as De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry, and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available. Compiled by Bob Stanley, "Tomorrow's Fashions" ranges from advertising jingles and television themes to space exploration and a beautiful, rhythm-free ambiance. Even though it dates back 40 to 50 years, there is a real freshness in this music. Older jazz musicians Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw, and others seized the opportunity to work a synthesizer; the younger pups, including John Saunders and Monica Beale, were simply