An Electric Storm
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{{Infobox album
| name = An Electric Storm
| type = studio
| artist = White Noise
| cover = whitenoise.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1969
| recorded = 1968
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
- Electronic
- avant-pop{{cite journal|last1=McNamee|first1=David|title=The Best of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on One Side of a C90|journal=The Quietus|date=19 January 2009|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01010-the-best-of-the-bbc-radiophonic-workshop-archive-on-one-side-of-a-c90}}
- psychedelic pop{{cite web |last1=Morpurgo |first1=Jason |title=The greatest electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s |url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/05/29/the-greatest-electronic-albums-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/ |website=FACT |date=29 May 2014 |accessdate=6 January 2020}}
- experimental pop{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Paul |title=Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society Review by Paul Simpson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/delia-derbyshire-appreciation-society-mw0003012120 |website=AllMusic |access-date=16 May 2022 |quote=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.}}
| length = {{Duration| m= 35| s= 06}}
| label = Island
| producer = {{hlist|A Kaleidophon Production|David Vorhaus {{small| (production coordinator)}}}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = White Noise 2 - Concerto for Synthesizer
| next_year = 1974
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1= AllMusic
| rev1Score= {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r52534|pure_url=yes}}
| rev2= Pitchfork
| rev2Score= 8.6/10{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10482-an-electric-storm | title=White Noise: An Electric Storm | website=Pitchfork }}
}}
An Electric Storm is the debut album by electronic music group White Noise.
Background
The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only but were then persuaded by Chris Blackwell of Island Records to create an entire album. At this point the group had established the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks.{{cite news|last=Pattison|first=Louis|title=White Noise - An Electric Storm|date=2007|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pq9x/}} The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.An Electric Storm, sleeve notes, 1995 CD version, 3DCID 1001, Island Records
Legacy
Although not very successful on its initial release, the album is now considered an important and influential album in the development of electronic music.{{cite web|url=https://mixmag.net/feature/the-50-most-influential-dance-music-albums-of-all-time|title=The 50 Most Influential Dance Music Albums of All Time|website=mixmag.net|accessdate=9 January 2019}} Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle has called it "the most groundbreaking yet completely underrated electronic record of the 20th century".{{Cite web |last=Quietus |first=The |date=2021-08-04 |title=I Hear New Worlds: Chris Carter's Favourite Albums {{!}} Page 10 of 14 |url=https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/chris-carter-bakers-dozen-favourite-albums-throbbing-gristle/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}
A brief extract from the track "Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in the Hammer Film Productions film Dracula AD 1972.
Track listing
;Phase-In
{{tracklist
|title1= Love without Sound
|length1= 3:07
|writer1= {{hlist|Delia Derbyshire|David Vorhaus}}
|title2= My Game of Loving
|length2= 4:10
|writer2= {{hlist|Georgina Duncan|Vorhaus}}
|title3= Here Come the Fleas
|length3= 2:15
|writer3= {{hlist|John McDonald|Vorhaus}}
|title4= Firebird
|length4= 3:05
|writer4={{hlist|Derbyshire|Vorhaus}}
|title5= Your Hidden Dreams
|length5= 4:58
|writer5= {{hlist|McDonald|Vorhaus}}
}}
;Phase-Out
{{tracklist
|title6= The Visitation
|length6= 11:14
|writer6= {{hlist|McDonald|Vorhaus}}
|title7= Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell
|length7= 7:22
|writer7= {{hlist|Duncan|Derbyshire|Vorhaus|Paul Lytton|Brian HodgsonWhite Noise: An Electric Storm (Island, 2007)}}
}}
Personnel
The following people contributed to An Electric Storm:[http://www.allmusic.com/album/an-electric-storm-r52534/credits An Electric Storm - Credits]. AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2011
- Kaleidophon – production
- David Vorhaus – production co-ordinator
- Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson – electronic sound realisation
- Paul Lytton – percussion
- John Whitman, Annie Bird, Val Shaw – vocals
Releases
- June 1969 - LP, Island Records, catalog number ILPS 9099
- 27 March 1995[https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Storm-White-Noise/dp/B00000761B An Electric Storm, amazon.com] - CD, "3D Island" label, Island Records, 3DCID 1001; deleted 1996[http://www.groove.nl/cd/8/81474.html An Electric Storm, review at Groove Unlimited]
- 9 July 2007[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7447680/a/An+Electric+Storm.htm An Electric Storm, CD Universe product information] - CD re-released, Island Remasters
References
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External links
- [http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1143 Head Heritage ] Review by Julian Cope
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Category:White Noise (band) albums
Category:Island Records albums
Category:Albums produced by David Vorhaus
Category:Electronic albums by English artists
Category:Psychedelic pop albums
Category:Experimental pop albums
Category:Works by Delia Derbyshire
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