IBM 1401, A User’s Manual

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IBM 1401, A User’s Manual is an ambient/electronic concept album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson that blends orchestral music with vintage computer sounds inspired by the IBM 1401 mainframe.

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instanceOf concept album
studio album
artist Jóhann Jóhannsson NERFINISHED
composer Jóhann Jóhannsson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Iceland NERFINISHED
creatorNationality Icelandic
features archival recordings
spoken-word elements
string orchestra arrangements
genre ambient
contemporary classical music
electronic
hasArtisticApproach blend of orchestral and electronic textures
hasFormat album
hasMedium audio recording
hasStyle cinematic
minimalist
hasSubject IBM 1401 NERFINISHED
early mainframe computers
hasThematicFocus history of computing
relationship between humans and machines
hasType conceptual work about early computing
inspiredBy IBM 1401 mainframe computer NERFINISHED
language English
partOfCareerOf Jóhann Jóhannsson NERFINISHED
producer Jóhann Jóhannsson NERFINISHED
usesSoundSources orchestral music
vintage computer sounds

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Jóhann Jóhannsson notableWork IBM 1401, A User’s Manual