He used an Eventide H949. The keyboard would have had a control voltage
connection. He later moved up to an H3000.
his music had a lot in comon (in my
thinking) to groups like Tangerine Dream and Ashra
I've often wondered about influences on Paul's loop music. I never heard
him listen to TD, Fripp, or any of that era's "space music" but that doesn't
mean he was unaware of it. Steve Reich (and to some extent Terry Riley) were
probably more direct influences, and I expect Ingram Marshall and Daniel Lentz
inspired the tape system.
Bit of Dresher trivia: The first version of "Liquid and Stellar Music"
was a class exercise for Robert Erickson's tibre seminar in the winter of
1978. It was realized on an Ampex 1/2" 4-track. The intention was to create a
musical texture that was perceived as a continuum, without individual "sound
objects" popping out in the mix.
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