# Pauline Oliveros — Every Record We Rank

Pauline Oliveros appears once in our Minimalism list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Minimalism
- **Year:** 1965
- **Highest placing:** No. 6 in Minimalism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/pauline-oliveros/

## Appears on

### [Bye Bye Butterfly](https://waxonia.com/track/pauline-oliveros--bye-bye-butterfly/)

*1965 · No. 6 in [Minimalism](https://waxonia.com/genre/minimalism/)*

Two oscillators, tape delay and a Puccini record, assembled live in one pass. Oliveros was building the vocabulary of electronic music while being left out of most accounts of who built it.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Pauline%20Oliveros%20Bye%20Bye%20Butterfly) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vepXC2RUW10)

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