Mort Garson - Moon Journey (Official Visualizer)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- From the album "Journey to the Moon and Beyond", out now on Sacred Bones Records.
Buy / listen: lnk.to/Journey...
Artwork by Robert Beatty @robertbeattyart
Animated by Mickey Miles @mickey4miles
Like a perennial that returns with each new spring, the Mort Garson archives have brought to bear yet another awe-inspiring bloom. Journey to the Moon and Beyond finds even more new facets to the man’s sound. There’s the soundtrack to the 1974 blaxploitation film Black Eye (starring Fred Williamson), some previously unreleased and newly unearthed music for advertising. Just as regal is “Zoos of the World,” where Garson soundtracks the wild, preening, slumbering animals from a 1970 National Geographic special of the same name. The mind reels at just what project would have yielded a scintillating title like “Western Dragon,” but these three selections were found on tapes in the archive with no further information.
The crown jewel of the set is no doubt Garson’s soundtrack to the live broadcast of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing, as first heard on CBS News. That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for Moogkind. But for decades, this audio was presumed lost, the only trace of it appearing to be from an old UA-cam clip. Thankfully, diligent audio archivist Andy Zax came across a copy of the master tape while going through the massive Rod McKuen archive. So now we get to hear it in all its glory. Across six minutes, Garson conjures broad fantasias, whirring mooncraft sounds, zero-gravity squelches, and twinkling études. It showcases Mort’s many moods: sweet, exploratory, whimsical, a little bit corny, weaving it all together in a glorious whole.
Maybe at the time it scanned as crass and opportunistic for Garson to apply his keyboards to subjects like astrological signs, the occult, hippiedom, houseplants, or the moon landing. But more than most other electronic music pioneers of his ilk, Garson foresaw the integration of such electronics into our daily lives, how they would allow us to engage with the world -in small daily things, popular trends, and big historical events- with our tweets, posts, reaction videos, and the like. In that way, Garson lived such history and then added his own little spin on things.
Pre-ordered IMMEDIATELY. Incredibly grateful to y’all at Sacred Bones for continuing to revitalize and reintroduce the wonders of Mort Garson’s music to the world.
Ordered mine today. I'm always excited with archival Mort Garson releases as a fan of his wonderful music since '67. Many thanks to you all at Sacred Bones.
So stoked for this!! I've been a big fan of Mort Garson since hearing Wozard of Iz and Plantasia, but his quote about scoring the Apollo 11 landing really stuck with me: "...and a pretty melody for the moon. After all, it's still a lovely moon."
Can't wait to hear his score in full fidelity!
Huge Mort Garson fan ever since I stumbled upon Plantasia on youtube. While my daughter was in the NICU and first at home those late nights were rough and lots of late nights with this perfect kind of calming and positive sound. Idk how to describe it but I’m sure you all know!
I want them to release Morts music from the Signs of the Zodiac albums, without the narration. The music is beautiful
*YESSSSSSSSSSSSS*
Love the animation! Love the music. Excited we get more mort. Plantasia is one of my favorite chill albums.
wonderful Moog experience
Incredible just ordered mine❤
🌜 Fantastic journey 🌛
Heard this first on Marfa public radio in Marfa. Was beyond perfect as a moment could go.
sweet
This I can confirm is very ‘REAL’ 😄
02:37 onwards is just the classic Metroid ost
Mort is a wizard
Not a wozard?
Preorderd🎉 I have Plantasia as well🌱
The Residents are back ?
Is this taken from the original master tapes, or it's a vinyl rip?
Original master! It was lost for decades, & recently uncovered by an archivist.