''Dreamies'' (subtitled ''Auralgraphic Entertainment'') is an experimental music album by Bill Holt, released in 1973. It is a collage of songs performed on guitar and synthesizer (a
Moog Sonic Six) combined with snippets of found sound. The album consists of two long tracks (originally one on each side of the
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) called "Program 10" and "Program 11", a reference to the Beatles' "Revolution #9". ''Dreamies'' includes excerpts of radio and television broadcasts as well as snippets taken from recordings by the Beatles. In its use of "sound bites" (recorded on tape),
the album anticipated the use of
sampling in later popular music.
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's Stanton Swihart described ''Dreamies'' as "one of the finest pieces of
experimental pop
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from the era."
Derivation
"Dreamies" is a term coined by
Isaac Asimov
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in 1955 in a short story called "
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". It refers to manufactured dream sequences.
Track Listing
Side One
#"Program Ten" (Subtitled "Song and sound collage combine to recapture the joy and anxiety of past experience") 26:10
Side Two
#"Program Eleven" (Subtitled "Leave your favorite listening spot and embark on a lively holiday of the mind") 26:15
References
External links
Bill Holt's web siteInterview with Bill HoltReview of 2006 CD reissue of "Dreamies"
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Concept albums
1974 albums
Experimental pop albums
Sound collage albums