An Electric Storm

An Electric Storm is the debut album by electronic music group White Noise. The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only, but were then persuaded by Chris Blackwell of Island Records to create an entire album. At this point the group had established the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks.[5] The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.[6] Although not very successful on its initial release, the album is now considered an important and influential album in the development of electronic music.[5][7]

An Electric Storm
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1969
Recorded1968
Genre
Length35:06
LabelIsland
Producer
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media(8.6/10)[4]

A brief extract from the track "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in the Hammer Film Productions film Dracula AD 1972.

Track listing

Phase-In
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love without Sound"3:07
2."My Game of Loving"
  • Georgina Duncan
  • Vorhaus
4:10
3."Here Come the Fleas"
  • John McDonald
  • Vorhaus
2:15
4."Firebird"
  • Derbyshire
  • Vorhaus
3:05
5."Your Hidden Dreams"
  • McDonald
  • Vorhaus
4:58
Phase-Out
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."The Visitation"
  • McDonald
  • Vorhaus
11:14
7."Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell"
  • Duncan
  • Derbyshire
  • Vorhaus
  • Paul Lytton
  • Brian Hodgson[8]
7:22

Personnel

The following people contributed to An Electric Storm:[9]

  • Kaleidophon – production
  • David Vorhaus – production co-ordinator
  • Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson – electronic sound realisation
  • Paul Lytton – percussion
  • John Whitman, Annie Bird, Val Shaw – vocals

Releases

  • June 1969 - LP, Island Records, catalog number ILPS 9099
  • 27 March 1995[10] - CD, "3D Island" label, Island Records, 3DCID 1001; deleted 1996[11]
  • 9 July 2007[12] - CD re-released, Island Remasters

References


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