Raymond Scott, Electronic Music Pioneer, Celebrates Centennial
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2008 marks the 100th Year since Raymond Scott's birth. Born Harry Warnow in 1908, he never grew up and was thus able to revolutionize the audible world. Known best for his Looney Tunes soundtracks, complete with bonks, brrrrrrps, whooowhooowhooops and more, Raymond Scott mastered the radio jingle that became iconic of the 1950's and made electronic music like no one had ever heard before (and some that hasn't heard the likes of since). 2008 is a year to celebrate Raymond Scott and everything that has resulted from his works. 
No one feels this more strongly than the Raymond Scott Archive and Basta Records, the label who began releasing Scott's music in 2000. According to an article in the SF Bay Guardian, Scott's only son Stan Warnow will release a documentary about the engineer/artist, Basta Records will release some jazz rarities it found in Scott's studio, and live tribute concerts will take place on the east and west coasts of the US. It's a beautiful article by Erik Morse that showcases Scott's work. It describes how Warner Bros. secured the rights to his cartoon-jazz tunes and used much of it for the WB Looney Tunes cartoon soundtracks, Scott's inventions of electronic noise makers in his studio that resembled the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and his work with Robert Moog long before Moog created the analog synthesizers that would bear his name.Raymond Scott on SFBG.comhttp://raymondscott.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_ScottThe Raymond Scott Quintette - War Dance For Wooden Indians
No one feels this more strongly than the Raymond Scott Archive and Basta Records, the label who began releasing Scott's music in 2000. According to an article in the SF Bay Guardian, Scott's only son Stan Warnow will release a documentary about the engineer/artist, Basta Records will release some jazz rarities it found in Scott's studio, and live tribute concerts will take place on the east and west coasts of the US. It's a beautiful article by Erik Morse that showcases Scott's work. It describes how Warner Bros. secured the rights to his cartoon-jazz tunes and used much of it for the WB Looney Tunes cartoon soundtracks, Scott's inventions of electronic noise makers in his studio that resembled the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and his work with Robert Moog long before Moog created the analog synthesizers that would bear his name.Raymond Scott on SFBG.comhttp://raymondscott.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_ScottThe Raymond Scott Quintette - War Dance For Wooden Indians
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