Silver Apples

Silver Apples were an American electronic rock group[1] from New York between 1967 and 1970.

Silver Apples
Silver Apples performing in Barcelona in 2008
Background information
OriginNew York City, United States
Genres
Years active1967–1970, 1996–1999, 2006–2020
Labels
  • Kapp
  • Rotorelief
  • MCA
  • Enraptured Records
  • Rocket Girl
Past member(s)Simeon
Danny Taylor
Xian Hawkins
Michael Lerner
Websitewww.silverapples.com

Background

It was made-up of Simeon (born Simeon Oliver Coxe III; June 4, 1938 – September 8, 2020),[4] who performed on a synthesizer, drummer Danny Taylor.

The duo were among the first to use electronic music techniques outside of academia.[5]

Discography

Albums
  • Silver Apples (1968, Kapp Records), (2017, Rotorelief)
  • Contact (1969, Kapp), (2017, Rotorelief)
  • Beacon (1998, Whirlybird)
  • The Garden (1998, Whirlybird)
  • Decatur (1998, Whirlybird)
  • Clinging To A Dream (2016, ChickenCoop Recordings)

Singles
  • "Oscillations"/"Whirly-Bird" (1968, KAPP Records, 7")
  • "You & I"/"Confusion" (1969, KAPP Records, 7")
  • "Fractal Flow"/"Lovefingers" (1996, Enraptured 45's, 7")
  • "Fractal Flow"/"Lovefingers" (1997, Whirlybird Records, CD)
  • "A Lake of Teardrops" (1998, Space Age Recordings, CD) (with Spectrum)
  • "I Don't Know" (2007, Gifted Children Records, 7") (split single with One Cut Kill)

Refeences
  1. Wray, Daniel Dylan. "The great 60s electro-pop plane crash: how pioneers Silver Apples fell out of the sky". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  2. Brend, Mark (2012). The Sound of Tomorrow: How Electronic Music Was Smuggled into the Mainstream. Bloomsbury. p. 186. ISBN 9781623561536. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. Smith, Ethan. "Still Beating". NY Mag. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. Statton, Charles (2008). As a Tree Grows: A Genealogy of the Cox and Allied Families of Northwestern North Carolina. iUniverse. ISBN 9781440101908. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  5. Cuzner, Russell. "Brothers Of Invention: Silver Apples & Graham Sutton In Conversation". The Quietus. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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