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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Jesus Gonna Be Here | Spirit of the Century | Real World Records | 2001 | Traditional gospel group founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama. This recording blends classic Black gospel vocals with Chicago blues-style electric instrumentation. |
| John Coltrane | Dearly Beloved | Sun Ship | Impulse! | 1971 (rec. 1965) | Posthumous release from Coltrane's spiritual jazz era, recorded August 1965 with the classic quartet: McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison. |
| Demetrio Stratos | Flautofonie ed altro | Cantare la voce | Cramps | 1978 | Experimental vocal performance exploring extended vocal techniques. Stratos, known from the prog band Area, pursued voice research and ethnomusicology. |
| Alwin Nikolais | Fetish | Choreosonic Music of the New Dance Theatre of Alwin Nikolais | Hanover Records | 1959 | Early electroacoustic composition created for dance and theatre productions; Nikolais described the style as “choreosonic,” linking choreography and sound design. |
| Philip Jeck | Fanfares Forward | Sand | Touch | 2008 | Turntable-based composition using loops and effects. Often associated with hauntology, a concept linking sound to cultural memory and ghostly traces of the past. |
| Thomas Dolby | Airwaves | The Golden Age of Wireless | Harvest / Capitol | 1982 | Synthpop track contemplating the social and cultural effects of broadcast media. Dolby later became a tech entrepreneur and professor at Johns Hopkins. |
| Kishore Kumar (vocals), Laxmikant–Pyarelal (composition) | Om Shanti Om | Karz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | HMV | 1980 | Bollywood disco epic from the film Karz; panoramic multi-part arrangement. The soundtrack won major recognition at the Filmfare Awards. |
| Pardon Kimura | Fisherman's Blues | Ocean Surfer Cool Dad Building Shop Surfboards | Hot-Cha | 2001 | Japanese art pop with surreal conceptual elements. Kimura is an obscure figure known for unusual studio credits and connections to experimental pop circles. |
