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EMP Series

EMP Series

EMP Series offers a fresh perspective on Else Marie Pade's extraordinary electronic music, featuring newly digitized versions of landmark works and numerous works that were previously unavailable or unmentioned in Pade's literature. Now you can also explore Pade's electronic works in the book release Complete Electronic Works 1955-2012.
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    Else Marie Pade

    Complete Electronic Works 1955–2012

    This book presents the complete 'EMP Series' from Dacapo Records, showcasing Else Marie Pade’s electronic works in newly digitized and previously unreleased versions.

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    Else Marie Pade

    EMP 1

    Else Marie Pade's fascinating interpretations of four poems by Orla Bundgård Povlsen: two political, dealing with the war in Vietnam, and two with no particular theme.

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    EMP 2

    Two remarkable purely electronic compositions by Else Marie Pade: Glass Bead Game I & II, crafted with inspiration drawn from a novel, as well as Pade's own childhood toy.

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    EMP 3

    Considered a cornerstone of Else Marie Pade's oeuvre in the musique concrète tradition, Symphonie magnétophonique musically depicts a day and night in Copenhagen, selecting a range of sounds one might hear during 24 hours in the Danish capital – an extraordinary homage to everyday life.

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    Else Marie Pade

    EMP 4

    In the fourth part of the EMP series, you'll discover four electronic compositions by Else Marie Pade, originating from the late 1950s and continuing into the following years, each with its own distinctive characteristics. 'Vikingerne' has not been released previously.

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    EMP 5

    Two distinctly different works by Else Marie Pade – telephone tones, electronically treated percussion, and a solo violin, constantly shifting in character.

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    EMP 6

    Else Marie Pade's inventive musical interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous tale of the little mermaid, who sacrifices her entire existence for a handsome prince.

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    EMP 7

    Three groundbreaking works from Else Marie Pade's early career, demonstrating her talent for sonic stagecraft.

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    EMP 8

    With a profound poetic sensibility, Pade transforms Goethe's classic myth of the scholar Faust into a dramatic electronic universe, where God resonates as an electronic bell and the devil hisses like a snake.

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    EMP 9

    Between 1968-71, Else Marie Pade created 'Aquarellen über das Meer I-XXI' and 'Klangfarver fra EMS', two works exploring visual-musical transformations and electronic manipulation of acoustic recordings respectively.

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    Else Marie Pade, Jacob Kirkegaard

    EMP 10

    Else Marie Pade's experiments with the beat frequency phenomenon – the foundation of her final electronic composition and a unique encounter between generations.

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    EMP 11

    Pioneering electronic soundscapes for fairy tales and radio dramas from the period 1955–1960.

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    EMP 12

    Else Marie Pade’s Seven Picture Songs about Teresa of Avila (1980–81) stands as a late major work before her long creative silence

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    EMP 13

    Composed in 1995 after years of silence, Else Marie Pade’s '4 Illustrations' reshapes earlier tape recordings into four abstract “fairytale scenes”