| An Electric Storm | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
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| Length | 35:06 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| White Noise chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[5] |
An Electric Storm is the debut album byelectronic music groupWhite Noise.
The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only but were then persuaded byChris Blackwell ofIsland Records to create an entire album. At this point the group had established the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat inCamden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks.[6] The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.[7]
Although not very successful on its initial release, the album is now considered an important and influential album in the development of electronic music.[6][8]Chris Carter ofThrobbing Gristle has called it "the most groundbreaking yet completely underrated electronic record of the 20th century".[9]
A brief extract from the track "Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in theHammer Film Productions filmDracula AD 1972.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love without Sound" | 3:07 | |
| 2. | "My Game of Loving" |
| 4:10 |
| 3. | "Here Come the Fleas" |
| 2:15 |
| 4. | "Firebird" |
| 3:05 |
| 5. | "Your Hidden Dreams" |
| 4:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "The Visitation" |
| 11:14 |
| 7. | "Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" |
| 7:22 |
The following people contributed toAn Electric Storm:[11]
However, the DDAS moniker is somewhat misleading, as the pair's debut album isn't nearly as eerie or playful as Derbyshire's work, and definitely nowhere near as weird as An Electric Storm by White Noise, an absolutely brilliant experimental pop album from the late '60s that Derbyshire played a major part in creating.
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