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Dick Raaijmakers

p, 1930-2013 NL, Maastricht
Musician / Composer of Electronic
A.k.a. Kid Baltan

Dick Raaijmakers (1 September 1930 - 5 September 2013) was a Dutch composer and teacher of electronic music. After studying piano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, he was employed by Philips in the field of electro-acoustics (1954-1960). Together with Jan Boerman he built his own studio for electronic music in The Hague (1963-66). He taught contemporary and electronic music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague 1966-1995. Although primarily a composer and a teacher, Raaijmakers has gradually embraced other mediums for his expression visual art, theatre, cinema and literature, in order to renew the ever moving relationship between art and technique.

     
Genres
  • Electronic
  • Classical
  • Jazz
Popular Tracks   
Song of the second moon - Original Version on Dutch Electronic Music Volume 3 by Various Artists
Song of the Second Moon on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Colonel Bogey on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Night Train Blues on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Pianoforte on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Mechanical Motions (US title: The Ray Makers) on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Tweeklank (US title: Contrasts) on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Tweeklank on The Complete Tape Music Of Dick Raaijmakers by Dick Raaijmakers
Achter de Schermen on Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music 1956-1963 by Dick Raaijmakers, Henk Badings & Tom Dissevelt
Syncopation on Dissevelt: Electronic Music by Tom Dissevelt & Dick Raaijmakers

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Dutch Electronic Music Volume 3Dick Raaijmakers, Tom Dissevelt2010Album
Popular Electronics: Early Dutch Electronic Music From Philips Research Laboratories (1956 - 1963)Kid Baltan, Tom Dissevelt, Henk Badings, Dick Raaijmakers2004Album
The Complete Tape Music Of Dick RaaijmakersDick Raaijmakers1998Compil.
Ballad 'Erlkönig' / 5 CanonsDick Raaijmakers1981Album
Geluid <=> Kijken: Drie Audio-Visuele ProjektenTon Bruynèl / Dick Raaijmakers / Peter Struycken1971Album
Electronic MusicHenk Badings / Dick Raaijmakers1958Album
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