Name: Sam Spence Sounds
Brand: Sam Spence

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

fkr028lp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-03-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sam Spence

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Finders Keepers

Born in San Francisco in 1927, Samuel Spence is a peculiar piece in the complicated Krautrock puzzle. As an American ex-pat working in a community of German rock musicians in the early 70's, Spence shared his alien status with the likes of David Johnson and Malcolm Mooney (Can), Carole Muriel (Brainticket), Maria Archer (Embryo), Bill Barone (Wallenstein) and the band sweet smoke. While in Munich, Spence was introduced to Eckart Rahn who owned the Kuckuck label. The pair discussed the idea of recording an album of electronic music which would appeal to ambient and experimental enthusiasts who were searching for cosmic sounds after the rise of Krautrock bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. After the release of two moog-fuelled singles including a cover version of Focus's 1972 hit single 'Sylvia', Rahn agreed to release Spence's debut LP of synthesizer based pop music which would sit amongst his eclectic Kuckuck roster, which also included the minimal electronic pulses of Deuter, the experimental field recordings of Ernst Schultz and the avant garde releases of Peter Michael Hamel and Terry Riley. Having continued to expand his successful career in symphonic music Sam would, by the end of the 1970's, return to orchestral film music seizing further opportunities to work as a composer recording over 500 cues for films made by the NFL back in his native USA. For vinyl junkies Spence's american football music existed on a series of library records manufactured by the NFL until it was finally commercially released in the mid 90's. Still residing in Germany, Spence continues to make theme music, and in recent years he has been heard on shows such as 'the Simpsons', 'Everybody Loves Raymond', 'King of Queens', 'Saturday Night Live', 'FBI's Most Wanted', 'the Tonight Show with Jay Leno', 'Sponge Bob Squarepants' and several TV and radio commercials.

Sam Spence Sounds

Music GB