{"product_id":"an-electric-storm-vinyl-lp","title":"An Electric Storm: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003eOriginally released on Island Records in June 1969, this re-issue faithfully replicates the original UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl. A collaboration between David Vorhaus, Brian Hodgson and Delia Derbyshire, White Noise: An Electric Storm is the very epitome of a cult album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eIts capitalized rear sleeve message told prospective listeners all they needed to know: MANY SOUNDS HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD BY HUMANS: SOME SOUND WAVES YOU DON'T HEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eBUT THEY REACH YOU. 'STORM TECHNIQUES' COMBINE SINGERS, INSTRUMENTALISTS AND COMPLEX ELECTRONIC SOUND. THE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eEMOTIONAL INTENSITY IS AT A MAXIMUM. Derbyshire and Hodgson worked for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Vorhaus, a student at North London Poly, attended a lecture by them and wanted to fuse his ideas with their pioneering sound capabilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eBy blending electronics, tape loops and vocals with live percussion, future sounds of the strange are embedded here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eHawkwind, Tangerine Dream and avant garde noise collagists Throbbing Gristle all owe a debt. The vocals, delivered by three unknowns (Annie Bird, John Whitman, Val Shaw) are like untutored folk singers offering lullabies to the unknown, against beds of cries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eof ecstasy and pain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003edistant thunder, car crashes and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eWhile the first side offers moments of Beach Boy-harmony and lightish relief (Here Comes The Fleas for example), Phase II of the album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"\u003eThe Visitation and The Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell is a bleak, chilling and exhilarating listen. White Noise: An Electric Storm was the sound of the underground, a soundtrack to an unmade turn-of-the-70s horror film; a secret collection for insiders that continues to unnerve well into the 21st century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49974532145394,"sku":"UMCLP92","price":7.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/WN.png?v=1787627799","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/an-electric-storm-vinyl-lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}