This is one of four books i purchased for my daughter in 2017 when she showed an interest in the topic. See the complete unexplained series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The jungle eats everything flickering light mother west, 2018 sunflower bean. That was a gateway into garsons circuitous catalog, which struck a chord. In 1969, using the same lucrative premise, garson released 12 separate fulllength lps in a series called signs. Canadian moog lord mort garson, famous for his eeevil occult synth albums black mass lucifer and ataraxia. The unexplained is a music studio album recording by mort garson progressive electronicprogressive rock released in 1975 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. To me i think mort garson is one of the great synthesizer pioneers, although a lot of it got bogged down by cheesy narration and dated subject matter such as the zodiac cosmic sounds, the wozard of iz and the signs of the zodiac series which actually, i dont have a problem with, though many do, so you often had to tune out the narration to hear the brilliant music within. The music is deja vu from mort garsons ataraxia the unexplained 1975 image. Details are at reply see 3 replies notify me 3 helpful. The adventure zone ataraxia the unexplained used lp. This classic oddity was actually pseudonymously made by occultmoogpsych pioneerweirdo mort garson, though i dont think we will ever know for sure whether this is some kind of joke album, or a shameless attempt to use sex to help sell the moog fad, or a serious attempt at making romantic electronic music, or just a porn soundtrack either.
Mort is the fourth dw novel, and i see the dw universe, the jokes, and the characters are better developed than the 3 earlier novels but still not as sophisticated as dw later works. Over and over and over boarding house reach third man, 2018. Ive loved mort garsons stuff for years, and have long wanted to use one of his jams as a theme song for something. Electronic musical impressions of the occult by ataraxia. Keel shelved 3 times as theunexplained avg rating 3.
Mort garson boasts one of the most unique and outright bizarre resumas in popular music, clinic spanning from easy listening to occultinfluenced spaceage electronic pop all in the same decade, recuperation no less. Our theme song is deja vu by mort garson, off the album ataraxia. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. The unexplained book series by terrance dicks includes books the borley rectory incident, the transylvanian incident, and the easter island incident. It is certainly as much jacques wilsons project as mort garson s more probably but garson goes at it full throttle with radical moog basslines and ferocious hiend sounds. This is the first ever official cd reissue of the occult themed classic by ataraxia titled the unexplained. Wpkns favorite tracks of the week 041518 wpkn radio.
Reacting to deja vu and astral projection by ataraxia mort garson from the canadian electronic musicians 1975 album the unexplained. This year, we have found ourselves back in my childhood home, to take care of things in dads deeply mourned absense, and i have the very same precious. Film writing mort garson part 2 of 2 posted on july 25, 2007 by bret. It was talked about, oh yes, by long time mort garson fans. But garson changed his pseudonym from lucifer to ataraxia, and this, his second and last occultthemed instrumental moogalbum, was released by rca in 1975. Change robust to robot and that definition is apt for the unexplained. Mort garson plantasia relaxing moog synth electronic. First ever official cd reissue of the occult themed classic by ataraxia titled the unexplained.
Nov 12, 1987 mort is the fourth dw novel, and i see the dw universe, the jokes, and the characters are better developed than the 3 earlier novels but still not as sophisticated as dw later works. The show is distributed by the maximum fun network and hosted by brothers justin, travis. Griffin mcelroy has composed original music for the adventure zone since episode 26 initially, griffin used garageband, a midi converter, and a rock band 3 keyboard to create the podcasts defining electronic sound. Lp longhair progressiv psychedelic burnin red ivanhoe burnin red ivanhoe lp longhair progressiv psychedelic vibravoid the decomposition of noise 2 lp stoned karma psychedelic krautrock vibravoid the decomposition of noise cd stoned karma psychedelic krautrock river. Mysteries of rhe unexplained but after a few weeks, the militarys repon changed. The unexplained electronic musical impressions of the occult rca, 1975 donovan. Popular the unexplained books showing 150 of 7 the mothman prophecies paperback by. Ataraxia mort garson the unexplainedataraxia amazon. Its a shocker to me that no other blog has fully tackled the work of electronic music pioneer mort garson, hospital so here ya go. Feb 11, 2007 this concept became the album the unexplained. Cosmic sounds on elektra records, catalog number ekl4009. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Ataraxia the unexplained electronic musical impressions of. The unexplained, was covered on illcon before by long lost contributor seanford here. The unexplained electronic musical impressions of the occult rca, 1975 republica. It was the moogwizard mort garson himself, who followed up his black mass album from 1971 with this strange opus. Lucifer black mass ataraxia unexplained by garson, mort. Originally released in 1975, moog pioneer mort garson branches out for a second time into dark and sinister sounds on this highly revered album, displaying a talent for creating eerie soundscapes and beautiful melodies. But there was another side to the moog monster, a tender side.
Ataraxia the unexplained electronic musical impressions. The label that reissued this ataraxia cd is also finishing up a reissue of the lucifer black mass album, also composed by mort garson. He also cowrote several hit songs, including our day will come, a hit for ruby and the. Mother earths plantasia, which was released in 1976, was a series of moog compositions designed to be played for growing plants. Tracks 1119 from ataraxia the unexplained 1975 barcode and other identifiers asin. An illustrated guide to the worlds natural and paranormal mysteries dr karl p. The show is distributed by the maximum fun network and hosted by brothers justin, travis, and griffin mcelroy, and their father clint mcelroy. Mort garson studied music at juilliard and worked as a pianist and arranger before getting pulled into the army near the end of world war two. Mort garson 20 july 1924 4 january 2008 was a canadianborn composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. The unexplained designed to accompany meditations to the mantra of the listeners choice.
Ataraxia the unexplained cd fifth dimension elektronik. Mort garsons plantasia gets reissued after taking root in. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s that were among the first to feature moog synthesizers. They immediately closed the crash area, but they continued to take things away. Mort would dip into the occult realm yet again with 1975s the unexplained. Roberts on august 10, 2015 ataraxia is a pseudonym for mort garson, a canadianborn electronic music pioneer who released a number of occultthemed albums starting with 1967s the zodiac. Cosmic sounds, a musical interpretation of each zodiacal sign and one of the first albums to feature the moog synthesizer. The following year, he released an album titled ataraxia.
The man behind this recording was a somewhat obscure solo artist. The reason is that there is another band that call themselves ataraxia and theres another musician also by the name of mort garson. Ataraxia the unexplained 1975 vintage synthfueled explorations of the occult from electronic music pioneer mort garson. This collection includes a 1967 original mono us pressing of the zodiac. After a number of years as a successful composer, arranger and songwriter in the 1960s, working with such artists as doris day and mel torme, mort garson took an unexpected turn in the direction of the occult. Late1970s to 1980s repress on the black nipper dog logo rca label. Mort grason was born in canada in 1924, as a graduate from the juilliard school, he began writing musical scores in the 1940s, and worked as an arranger composer engineer in the late 1940s early 1950s. Ataraxia is a pseudonym for mort garson, a canadianborn electronic music pioneer who released a number of occultthemed albums starting with 1967s the zodiac. I love mort garson and, probably like many other mefites, i owe my introduction to the dnd podcast the adventure zone, which uses a track from his amazing occultinfluenced, ataraxia the unexplained. By, arranged by, producer, keyboards, synthesizer mort garson. According to allmusic, mort garson boasts one of the most unique and outright bizarre resumes in popular music, spanning from easy listening to occultinfluenced spaceage electronic pop. In search of the lost chord by the moody blues deram, 1968. In fact the music, for the most part borders on protonew age, and for my tastes, its not always to my liking.
It is certainly as much jacques wilsons project as mort garsons more probably but garson goes at it full throttle with radical moog basslines and ferocious hiend sounds. Look for mort garsons first journey into the occult under the guise of lucifer with the album black mass, also available on cd for the first time ever from rubellan remasters. I cant recommend enough listening to it in a completely dark room late at night. He could carry out any or all of the musical chores on any given session. Electronic musical impressions of the occult by ataraxia rca, 1975 posted by k. Mort garson born july 20th 1924 in saint john, new brunswick, canada. After a decade of continually returning to records like the unexplained and black mass, braaten decided to express his fanhood in a tangible way. An electronic odyssey mort garson, the wozard of iz on allmusic 1968. Get thy bearings the hurdy gurdy man epic, 1968 jack white. The unexplained electronic musical impressions of the occult by ataraxia.