{"id":2387,"date":"2026-02-23T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/you-need-to-listen-to-laurie-spiegels-masterpiece-of-early-ambient-music\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:30:00","slug":"you-need-to-listen-to-laurie-spiegels-masterpiece-of-early-ambient-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/you-need-to-listen-to-laurie-spiegels-masterpiece-of-early-ambient-music\/","title":{"rendered":"You need to listen to Laurie Spiegel\u2019s masterpiece of early ambient music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Laurie Spiegel<\/a> for the site. As preparation for the interview, I spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks revisiting Spiegel’s records, most notably The Expanding Universe<\/em><\/a>, her 1980 masterpiece that blends synth experimentalism with early examples of what would eventually be called ambient music<\/a>, and algorithmic composition techniques. It’s a marvel that sounds both nostalgic and cutting-edge at the same time.<\/p>\n

Tracks like \u00ab\u00a0Patchwork\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0A Folk Study\u00a0\u00bb dabble in the sort of bouncy arpeggios that beg comparisons to The Who’s \u00ab\u00a0Baba O’Riley,\u00a0\u00bb while \u00ab\u00a0Old Wave\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0East River Dawn\u00a0\u00bb conjure ea \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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