In 1960, along with a group of musicians collectively known as The Blue Men, studio pioneer Joe Meek recorded the innovative, strange album "I Hear A New World". The album is regarded as a watershed in modern music due to Meek's approach to the recording process, opening up the world of sound technology, redefining it from science to an art in its own right. I Hear A New World marked the beginning of creative audio engineering, with vocals being recorded in obscure locations for effect, peculiar time and pitch shifting effects...

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