KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Interview with Ilhan Mimaroğlu of Finnadar Records

Analog Audio


Event Type
Interviews
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
AM.1975.10.10
Program Length
23 min
Dates
| broadcast
| 1975-10-10 | created
Description
Charles Amirkhanian interviews Turkish born, Ilhan Mimaroğlu, about his company Finnadar Records. Mimaroğlu, a record producer and a composer in his own right, founded Finnadar in a partnership with Atlantic Records, in order to present avant-garde and new world music to the American audience, as well as a means to publish his own compositions. In this interview, recorded in October of 1975, Mimaroğlu discusses the challenges of recording and selling avant-garde and electro-acoustic music and talks about working with such composers as Eric Salzman and Pierre Boulez.
Genres
Avant-garde
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Subjects
Sound recording industry
Record companies
Avant-garde (Music)
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music