A requiem for David Bowie.

20th century classical electronic music; Uses Simon,™ Super Simon,™ Merlin,™ Remco's Sound FX Machine,™ toy ray guns, and other sound-making toys from the early 1980's. With roots in Musique concrète, only a small amount of reverberation was used, and all other effects were achieved through tape manipulation. The title alludes to the "Toy Symphony" (full title: "Cassation in G major for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo"), lately attributed to Leopold Mozart. "'Clever' is the word for Andrew Gelt's Electronic Toy Symphony, a tongue-in-cheek conjuration of sounds produced by cheap [audio] toys, subtitled 'Batteries Not Included.' It is also a take-off on Leopold Mozart's indelible Toy Symphony long attributed to Haydn." -- Miami Herald, 5 November 1983 {The Remco Electronic Sound FX machine uses the Texas Instruments SN76477 analog sound effects chip, perhaps most well-known for being used in the arcade game "Space Invaders."} This recording may be used for a performance, or contact the composer at andrew@gelt.net for an earlier generation. Norman Bedford, assisting sound engineer Premiered at the American Society of University Composers Region IV Concert I, 3 NOV 1983 (University of Miami)

Premiered at American Society of University Composers Region IV Concert I, 3 Nov 1983 Norman Bedford, assisting sound engineer Uses Simon,™ Super Simon,™ Merlin,™ Remco's Sound FX Machine™ (The Remco Electronic Sound FX machine uses the Texas Instruments SN76477 analog sound effects chip, perhaps most well-known for being used in the arcade game "Space Invaders"), plus toy ray guns and other sound-making toys from the early 1980's. With roots in Musique concrète, only a small amount of reverberation was used, and any other effects were achieved through timing of the recording tracks. The title alludes to the "Toy Symphony" (full title: "Cassation in G major for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo"), lately attributed to Leopold Mozart. "'Clever' is the word for Andrew Gelt's Electronic Toy Symphony, a tongue-in-cheek conjuration of sounds produced by cheap [audio] toys, subtitled 'Batteries Not Included.' It is also a take-off on Leopold Mozart's indelible Toy Symphony long attributed to Haydn." -- Miami Herald, 5 November 1983

A collection of ambient electronic pieces originally released as three volumes: Metal Meditations (2015), More Metal Meditations and More Than Enough Metal Meditations (2016).