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Cronica Electrónica - PT
2003
Anticipate Recordings - Ezekiel Honig, US
Antiopic - David Daniel / James Elliott, US
Audiosphere, BE
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Table Of The Elements, US
Mille Plateaux - Achim Szepanski, DE
Sahko Recordings - Tommi Gronlund, FI
Kranky Records - Bruce Adams / Joel Leoschke, US
Comatonse Recordings - Terre Thaemlitz, US
Drone Records, DE
Mego - Peter Rehberg..., AT
Audioh! - Janek Schaefer, UK
Leaf - Tony Morley, UK
Deep Listening - Pauline Oliveros, US
Tzadik - John Zorn, US
A-Music - Georg Odijk, DE
Fallt - W. Conrad Rontgen / Chrostopher Murphy, IR
Raster Noton, DE
Spekk, JP
Alien8 Recordings - Sean O'Hara / Gary Worsley, CA
Improvised Music From Japan, JP
12k - Taylor Dupree, US
Constellation Records - Ian Ilavsky / Don Wilkie, CA
Fat Cat, UK
Alku - Alku / Roc Jimenéz, ES
Staubgold - Markus Detmer, DE
Rune Grammofon - Rune Kristoffersen, NO
Alluvial Recordings, - Kevin Wienke, US
~Scape - Stefan Betke, DE
Erstwhile Records - Jon Abbey, US
Morr Music - Thomas Morr, DE
Sirr - Paulo Raposo, PT
Ground Fault Recordings, US
Headlights Recordings - Manuel Mota, PT
Nexsound - Andrey Kiritchenko, UKR
Mutable Music - Thomas Buckner, US
Room40, AU
Tigerbeat6 - Kid606, US
Synaesthesia, AU
Grain Of Sound - Nuno Moita, PT
and/OAR - Dale Lloyd, US
Creative Sources - Ernesto Rodrigues, PT
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Tomlab, DE
Avant Records - John Zorn, JP
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Sub Rosa, BE
Drag City - Dan Koretzky / Dan Osborn, US
WARP, UK
XI Records - Phill Niblock, US
EMF - Joel Chadabe, US
Metamkine - Jérôme Noetinger, FR
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Atonal Records - Manfred Schiek, DE
Sound of Pig Music - Al Margolis, US
Mode Records - Manfred Eicher, US
No Man's Land, DE
Silent Records - Kim Cascone, US
Extreme Records - Ulex Xane, AU
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Artifact Music, CA
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Lemur - Cycling 74, US
Reactable - Sergi Jordá, ES
Ipod and Itunes introduced by Apple
Digital Electronic Books introduced
Consumer DVD recorders introduced
Napster lauched
DVD-A and SACD introduced
Recordable CD-Rs introduced
Broadband internet service introduced
First regular transmission of HDTV in the US
First MP3 players introduced
DVD introduced
First 24bit 96Khz Digital Recordings
First Enhanced CD's
Jaz and Zip drives introduced by Iomega
Start of Ebay as 'Auctionweb.com' by Pierre Omidyar at General Magic
ARES-C First'Solid State' Audio Recorder introduced by Nagra
Philips DCC and Sony's MiniDisc introduced
MPEG becomes an international standard
Quicktime introduced by Apple
ADAT introduced by ALESIS
First Web Browser, FTP and HTTP by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN
CD-R introduced commercially
First 5 Channel Surround Sound for home theater by Dolby
First CD_ROMs used as a computer medium
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First Digital Consoles
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Touch Music - Jon Wozencroft, UK
Ecstatic Peace - Thurston Moore, US
Staalplaat - Jon Wozencroft, NL
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First Digital Delay Line by Lexicon
First effort in consumer surround sound, 4 channel Quadrophonic
First Mail platform, SNDMSG, introduced by Ray Tomlinson at BBN
Altair, the first micro-computer introduced by MIPS
First developments of C language by Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie for AT&T Bell Labs
Pong relesased by Atari
First Cellular Phone prototype by Martin Cooper at Motorola
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1750 Arch Records - Thomas Buckner, US
New World Records, US
Lovely Music - Mimi Johnson, UK
1981
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First Computer Virus by Fred Cohen
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First CD Player Released by Sony
Gyroscopic Steadycam invented by Garrett Brown
First 16bit Digital Recording by Stockham
First Multitrack Digital Recorders introduced
DOS Operating System by Bill Gates at IBM
First 16bit Personal Computer by IBM
MIDI is standardized as the Universal Synthesizer Interface
Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc
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Digital Tape Recording introduced to Professional Audio Studios
1970
First developments of UNIX language by Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie for AT&T Bell Labs
First Internet platform, ARPANET, introduced
First Microprocessor introduced by Intel
First Experiments with Digital Tape Recording by Thomas Stockham
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Telephone Patent by Alexander Graham Bell
First Microphone Invented by Emile Berliner
First Music put on record, Jules Levy plays 'Yankee Doodle'
First Stereo effect by Clement Ader
First Gramophone Invented by Emile Berliner
Motor Driven Phonograph by Thomas Edison
Jukebox Invented by Louis Glass
International Copyright Agreement adopted by major Countries
First Wireless Radio Transmission from Italy to America by Marconi
Vacuum Tube, Valve, Invented by John Ambrose Fleming
Triode Vacuum Tube by Lee DeForest
First Double Sided Phonographs introduced by Columbia
First talking movie by Thomas Edison
First Transcontinental Telephone Call
First Loudspeaker idea by C. G. Hensley for AT&T
First Condenser Microphone by E. C. Wente
RCA is founded
First commercial AM Radio Broadcast by KDKA, Pittsburg
First electrically recorded 78 rpm disks
Patent for Iron Oxide-Coated Paper Tape by O'Neill
First Ribbon Microphones by RCA
CBS and JVC are fouded
First Music Chart of Performed Songs published by Billboard Magazine
Neumann is fouded by Georg Neumann
Theremin - Léon Theremin, RU (1896 - 1993)
Nyquist Theorem by Harry Nyquist
Stereo effect patented by Alan Blumlein for EMI, London
First Cardioid Ribbon Microphone by Harry F. Olson for RCA
First plastic-based Magnetic Tapes by BASF
First Magnetic Tape Recorder by AEG/Telefunken
First Music Chart of Top Selling Records published by Billboard Magazine
Patent for Cardioid Condenser Microphone by Von Braunmuhl and Weber
Basic concept for SM57 by Shure
First experimental FM Radio Broadcast by Major Armstrong
Commercial FM Broadcasting begins in the US
NTSC defined as a standard for the US
First Stereo Tape Recordings by Helmut Kruger
First commercial Tape Recorders
First issue of Audio Engineering is published
First Transistor assembled by Bell Labs
45 rpm 7inch vinyl record by RCA
First Portable Tape Recorder by Magnecord
33-1/3 rpm Long-Play vinyl record by Columbia Records
First use of Laugh Tracks on Hank McCune Show
'Lazy Boy' first TV Remote Control by Zenith
Germanium transistor by Bell Laboratories
First Active Equalizer by Pultec
Clavivox & Electronium - Raymond Scott, US (1908 - 1994)
First commercial Reel-to-Reel Tape
First commercial Color TV Sets by RCA Victor
Electromechanical Reverberation Plate by EMT, DE
First commercial 2-track stereo tapes released
First Pocket Transistor Radios by Sony
Transistor IC by Texas Instruments
'Sel-Sync' technology makes audio overdub practical by Ampex
First videotape demonstrated by Ampex
RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer - Herbert Beller & Harry Olsen(1901 - 1982), US
Nagra III introduced by Stefan Kudelski
Time Code Format Introduced by SMPTE
Multitrack Analog Tape Recording starts being used in Recording Studios
First computer Mouse by Douglas C. Engelbart
First Full-Range Sound System by Sunn for The Beach Boys
Patent for Electret Microphone by Sessler and West for Bell Labs
Compact Cassette tape format by Philips
Buchla - Don Buchla, US (1937)
8 Track Car Stereo Tape by Lear
Moog - Robert Moog, US (1934 - 2005)
First Pitch/Tempo Shifter by Eltro
Dolby Type A noise reduction introduced
First use of Operational Amplifiers on Professional Audio Equipment
'Dolby B' Noise Reduction introduced to consumer products
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
ECM Records - Manfred Eicher, US
LABELS APPEARENCES
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COMPOSERS
Arnold Schonberg, AT (1872-1951)
Charles Ives, US (1874-1952)
Edgar Varése, FR (1883-1965)
Luigi Russolo, IT (1885-1947)
Marcel Duchamp, FR (1887-1968)
Andre Breton, FR (1896-1966)
John Cage, US (1912-1992)
Sun Ra, US (1914-1993)
Milton Babbitt, US (1916-2010)
Iannis Xenakis, GR (1922-2001)
Pierre Henry, FR (1925-2010)
Morton Feldman, US (1926-1987)
David Tudor, US (1926-1996)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, DE (1928-2007)
Derek Bailey, UK (1930-2005)
Robert Ashley, US (1930-2010)
Alvin Lucier, US (1931-2010)
Nam June Paik, KR (1932-2006)
Pauline Oliveros, US (1932-2010)
Phill Niblock, US (1933-2010)
Morton Subotnik, US (1933-2010)
La Monte Young, US (1935-2010)
Terry Riley, US (1935-2010)
Yasunao Tone, JP (1935-2010)
Gordon Mumma, US (1935-2010)
Steve Reich, US (1936-2010)
David Behrman, AT (1937-2010)
Alvin Curran, US (1938-2010)
Tony Conrad, US (1940-2010)
Keith Rowe, UK (1940-2010)
Brian Eno, UK (1948-2010)
Glenn Branca, US (1948-2010)
David Toop, UK (1949-2010)
Michel Waisvisz, NL (1949-2008)
Curtis Roads, US (1951-2010)
Arthur Russell, US (1951-1992)
John Zorn, US (1953-2010)
Christian Marclay, US (1955-2010)
Kim Cascone, US (1955-2010)
Masami Akita aka Merzbow, JP (1956-2010)
Frank Bretschneider, DE (1956-2010)
Lee Ranaldo, US (1956-2010)
Zbigniew Karkowski, PL (1958-2010)
John Hudak, US (1958-2010)
Thurston Moore, US (1958-2010)
Otomo Yoshihide, JP (1959-2010)
Achim Wollscheid, DE (1959-2010)
Kaffe Matthews, UK (1961-2010)
Christian Fennesz, AT (1962-2010)
Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, UK (1964-2010)
Francisco López, ES (1964-2010)
Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto, DE (1965-2010)
Ryoji Ikeda, JP (1966-2010)
Stephan Mathieu, DE (1967-2010)
Stefan Betke aka POLE, DE (1967-2010)
Tim Barnes, US (1967-2010)
Markus Popp aka Oval, DE (1968-2010)
Peter Rehberg, UK (1968-2010)
Terre Thaemlitz, US (1968-2010)
Jim O'Rourke, US (1969-2010)
Oren Ambarchi, AU (1969-2010)
Kenneth Kirschner, US (1970-2010)
Janek Schaefer, UK (1970-2010)
Jurgen Heckel aka Sogar, DE (1970-2010)
Richard Chartier, US (1971-2010)
Taylor Dupree, US (1971-2010)
Jan Jelinek, DE (1971-2010)
Keith Fullerton Whitman, US (1973-2010)
Tim Hecker, CA (1974-2010)
Greg Davis, US (1975-2010)
Jeremy Boyle, US (1975-2010)
Anthony Pateras, AU (1979-2010)
Thomas Ankersmit, NL (1979-2010)
Ben Frost, AU (1980-2010)
Kato Sawako, JP (1980-2010)
PORTUGUESE COMPOSERS
André Gonçalves (1979-2010)
MUSICAL PROJECTS
Throbbing Gristle, AU (1872.0-2010)
Sensorband, AU (1872.01-2010)
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