Subotnick composed the album over 13 months in a small New York studio, working 10 to 12 hours a day on a modular synthesizer.
: He helped designer Don Buchla develop this synthesizer, which notably lacked a traditional keyboard, using touch-sensitive plates instead to avoid the "tyranny" of standard scales. Silver Apples Of The Moon (VINYL RIP)
: A slow, atmospheric exploration of "pitch" and timbre, full of whistles, sirens, and alien-sounding chirps. Subotnick composed the album over 13 months in
: A groundbreaking experiment in "rhythm". It features a steady, sequenced pulse that many critics now credit as a direct ancestor to modern techno and electronic dance music . The Legend of the "Vinyl Rip" : A groundbreaking experiment in "rhythm"
: The production was painstakingly manual. Subotnick would spend up to 10 hours fine-tuning a single sound, recording it to one of two tape recorders, and then overdubbing it with new layers.