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  "slug": "morton-subotnick",
  "name": "Morton Subotnick",
  "description": "Morton Subotnick appears once in our Musique Concrète list, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/morton-subotnick/",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1967,
    "last": 1967
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
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    "list": "Musique Concrète"
  },
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    }
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    {
      "trackKey": "morton-subotnick--silver-apples-of-the-moon",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/morton-subotnick--silver-apples-of-the-moon/",
      "title": "Silver Apples of the Moon",
      "year": 1967,
      "label": "Nonesuch",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The first electronic work commissioned specifically as an LP, made on a Buchla. Composed for the living room rather than the concert hall, which is a bigger break than the sound suggests.",
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        },
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      },
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  ],
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}