Electronic sounds were all the rage in the mid-1960s. The young American composer Jon Appleton was certain that they would enable him to reach the emotions and consciousness of a wider audience. In 1967, while waiting for a connecting flight at Newark Airport, he put this idea to the test. With a microphone in hand, Appleton asked his fellow passengers what they thought of electronic music. Back in the studio, he mixed their answers with the sounds of a Moog synthesiser – and thus established the genre of electronic programme music.
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