- Format: LP
- Label: Doxy Records
- Genre: Progressive
180 gram LP
?Kontakte? (1959-60), Stockhausen?s first piece to use both electronics and traditional instruments together, marks a turning point in his career, when his music was beginning to show the influences of American avant-garde jazz and composers like John Cage. In ?Kontakte? live musicians play alongside a tape recording of percussion sounds that have been altered by different electronic devices (i.e. a ring modulator or a reverberator). Stockhausen wanted the musicians to improvise over the prepared tape, but the musicians were at such a loss that Stockhausen eventually had to score the instrumental parts as well.
Track listing ? Side A: 1. Kontakte f?r elektronische Klange, Klavier und Schlagzeug, teil 1 Side B: 2. Kontakte f?r elektronische Klange, Klavier und Schlagzeug, teil 2
