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Silver Apples
Origin New York City, U.S.
Genre(s) Psychedelic
Electronic music
Proto-Punk
Experimental
Years active 1967–1970, 1996–present
Label(s) Kapp
Website http://www.silverapples.com/
Members
Simeon
Former members
Danny Taylor

Silver Apples were a psychedelic electronic music duo from New York City composed of Simeon Coxe III, who performed as Simeon, on a primitive synthesizer of his own devising (also named The Simeon), and drummer Danny Taylor. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Kapp Records was a Record label started in 1955 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934 Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production The City of New York The group was active between 1967 and 1969, before reforming in the mid 1990s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 They were one of the first groups to employ electronic music techniques extensively within a rock idiom, and their minimalistic style, with its pulsing, driving beat and frequently discordant modality, anticipated not only the experimental electronic music and krautrock of the 1970s, but underground dance music and indie rock of the 1990s as well. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene

Contents

Biography

In the Sixties

The group grew out of a traditional rock back called The Overland Stage Electric Band, working regularly in the East Village. The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Simeon was the singer, but began to incorporate a 1940s vintage audio oscillator into the show, which alienated the other bands members to the extent that the group was eventually reduced to the duo of Simeon and Taylor, at which point they renamed themselves The Silver Apples, after the William Butler Yeats poem The Song of the Wandering Aengus. An electronic oscillator is an Electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal often a Sine wave or a Square wave. The arsenal of oscillators used eventually grew, according to their first LP liner notes, to include "nine audio oscillators piled on top of each other and eighty-six manual controls to control lead, rhythm and bass pulses with hands, feet and elbows". Oscillation is the repetitive variation typically in Time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of Equilibrium) or between two or more different states Simeon devised a system of telegraph keys and pedals to control tonality and chord changes, and reportedly never learned to play traditional piano-styled keyboards or synthesizers. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers [1]

They were signed to Kapp Records and released their first record, Silver Apples, in 1968, and from that released a single, "Oscillations". Kapp Records was a Record label started in 1955 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934 Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The following year, they released their second LP, Contact and toured the United States. A third album was recorded in 1970, but Kapp was folded into MCA Records, leaving the album unreleased, and the group defunct. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc

On the debut album, seven of the nine songs had lyrics by Stanley Warren (not Warren Stanley as incorrectly credited on the re-release of the 1997 MCA CD), including the group's signature song, "Oscillations. " Warren, subsequently a published poet, met Simeon and Taylor at the Third Annual Avant Garde Arts Festival in 1968 in New York City, organized by Charlotte Moorman (who was famous as the "topless cellist"). Madeline Charlotte Moorman ( November 18, 1933 &ndash November 8, 1991) was an American cellist and performance artist Soon after, Simeon became acquainted with Warren's early work, and set a poem, "MJ" to music as "Seagreen Serenades. " Inspired by Simeon's interest, in the next few months Warren wrote the remaining six songs used on the "Silver Apples" album. Another song, "Gypsy Love," was used in the second album, "Contact. " In recent performances, Simeon still plays some of his and Warren's works from the early days of Silver Apples.

Nineties Revival

In 1994, the German label TRC released a bootleg CD of both records, and the intense interest provoked by this release prompted Simeon to reform The Silver Apples in 1996. Very quickly, the first two records were re-released as official records from the master tapes, and Simeon began a tour of the USA with a new Silver Apples band, featuring multi-instrumentalist Xian Hawkins. Eventually, "after much searching" [2], Danny Taylor was located, and a handful of reunion shows of the original lineup were performed. Taylor also had the tape of the unreleased third record, The Garden, in a box in his attic, and the record was finally released in 1998. In the ensuing years the Silver Apples released several albums of new material featuring the touring line-up of Simeon, Taylor and Hawkins: 'Decatur', 'Beacon', and 'A Lake of Teardrops'.

In 1999, their tour van was forced off the road by an unknown driver, breaking Simeon's neck. As of 2004, Simeon was much recovered, but he was unable to play his instrument in the way he used to. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " He never fully recovered his hand movements, so his keyboard work is much more simple and direct now.

Since the accident, Silver Apples' activity has diminished. Simeon spends his time making new music, recuperating, and boating on the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world Xian Hawkins has released three albums of solo material under the name Sybarite. Danny Taylor died on March 10, 2005 in Kingston, New York. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kingston is a City in Ulster County, New York, United States. In September 2007 Simeon went on tour for the first time in years, performing as a solo version of the Silver Apples to much acclaim.

Discography

LPs

Singles

Compilations

External links

Silver Apples is the debut album by the band of the same name. Kapp Records was a Record label started in 1955 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934 Contact is the second album by Silver Apples. The album was re-released in 1997 by MCA Records compiled with the band's first album Silver Garden is an album by Silver Apples. Track listing I Don't Care What The People Say Tabouli Noodle Walkin Cannonball
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