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EMP Series

    EMP Series

    EMP Series offers a fresh, exclusively digital perspective on Pade's extraordinary electronic music, featuring numerous works that were previously unavailable or unmentioned in Pade's literature. These include 80 reel-to-reel tapes and a wealth of compositions and recordings from her tenure as an employee at DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation), which were discovered following her passing in 2016. By assembling landmark, rare, and previously unheard recordings, EMP Series provides a renewed interpretation of Pade's works and places them in a musical context. Regular releases will continue, marking the centenary of Else Marie Pade's birth and continue into early 2025, finally coming together in one big anniversary release.
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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 1

      Else Marie Pade's fascinating interpretations of four poems by Orla Bundgård Povlsen: two political, dealing with the war in Vietnam, and two with no particular theme.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 2

      Two remarkable purely electronic compositions by Else Marie Pade: Glass Bead Game I & II, crafted with inspiration drawn from a novel, as well as Pade's own childhood toy.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 3

      Considered a cornerstone of Else Marie Pade's oeuvre in the musique concrète tradition, Symphonie magnétophonique musically depicts a day and night in Copenhagen, selecting a range of sounds one might hear during 24 hours in the Danish capital – an extraordinary homage to everyday life.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 4

      In the fourth part of the EMP series, you'll discover four electronic compositions by Else Marie Pade, originating from the late 1950s and continuing into the following years, each with its own distinctive characteristics. 'Vikingerne' has not been released previously.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 5

      Two distinctly different works by Else Marie Pade – telephone tones, electronically treated percussion, and a solo violin, constantly shifting in character.

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      EMP 6

      Else Marie Pade's inventive musical interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous tale of the little mermaid, who sacrifices her entire existence for a handsome prince.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 7

      Three groundbreaking works from Else Marie Pade's early career, demonstrating her talent for sonic stagecraft.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 8

      With a profound poetic sensibility, Pade transforms Goethe's classic myth of the scholar Faust into a dramatic electronic universe, where God resonates as an electronic bell and the devil hisses like a snake.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 9

      Between 1968-71, Else Marie Pade created 'Aquarellen über das Meer I-XXI' and 'Klangfarver fra EMS', two works exploring visual-musical transformations and electronic manipulation of acoustic recordings respectively.

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      Else Marie Pade, Jacob Kirkegaard

      EMP 10

      Else Marie Pade's experiments with the beat frequency phenomenon – the foundation of her final electronic composition and a unique encounter between generations.

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      Else Marie Pade

      EMP 11

      Pioneering electronic soundscapes for fairy tales and radio dramas from the period 1955–1960.

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