Episode 164: “White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Jung's Tuning System
In 1962, Jung started writing pieces based on what he called the Dream Cord. That chord had already appeared in his trio for strings but now it would become the focus of much of his work. The other idea that Jung took on was from Indian music, the idea of the drone. In a 1982 recording titled The Tambour as a Pandit Pranath, consists of 1 hour, 13 minutes and 58 seconds of this.
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