Subotnick composed the album over 13 months in a small New York studio, working 10 to 12 hours a day on a modular synthesizer.

: He helped designer Don Buchla develop this synthesizer, which notably lacked a traditional keyboard, using touch-sensitive plates instead to avoid the "tyranny" of standard scales.

The story of is the story of a revolution in how music is made and consumed. Released in 1967 by Morton Subotnick, it was the first electronic music album ever commissioned by a record label ( Nonesuch Records ). Unlike previous electronic works that were often academic or live recordings, this piece was designed specifically for the LP format, essentially creating the "studio-as-instrument" model that defines modern production. The Creation: 13 Months with the Buchla

: A groundbreaking experiment in "rhythm". It features a steady, sequenced pulse that many critics now credit as a direct ancestor to modern techno and electronic dance music . The Legend of the "Vinyl Rip"

: The production was painstakingly manual. Subotnick would spend up to 10 hours fine-tuning a single sound, recording it to one of two tape recorders, and then overdubbing it with new layers.

The album is split into two distinct sides, originally dictated by the physical limitations of vinyl:

: A slow, atmospheric exploration of "pitch" and timbre, full of whistles, sirens, and alien-sounding chirps.

: The name comes from W.B. Yeats’s poem, The Song of Wandering Aengus . The Sonic Journey