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Mother Earth's Plantasia (subtitled "warm earth music for plants and the people who love them"), commonly referred to as simply Plantasia, is an electronic album by Mort Garson first released in 1976. The music on it was composed specifically for plants to listen to.[6] The album had a very limited distribution upon release, only being available to people who bought a houseplant from a store called Mother Earth on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles or those who purchased a Simmons mattress from a Sears outlet, both of which came with the record.[6] As a result, the album failed to attain widespread popularity around the time of its release. However, it has since gained a cult following as an early work of electronic music.[7] Garson used a Moog synthesizer to compose the album.[6]

Mother Earth's Plantasia
Studio album by Mort Garson
Released	1976
Studio	Patchcord Productions, Hollywood, California[1]
Genre	Electronic, experimental, ambient
Length	30:55
Label	Homewood Records

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Pitchfork	7.2/10[4]
The Quietus	[5]

In March 2019, Sacred Bones Records announced that they were officially reissuing the album.[7] The reissue is available on music streaming services and was released on Vinyl, CD and Cassette as well on June 21, 2019.[6]

Track listing

Personnel

• Mort Garson – score, electronics
• Eugene L. Hamblin III – electronic engineering
• Sam Nicholson – art direction
• Marvin Rubin – illustrations

Legacy

Angie Martoccio, writing for Rolling Stone in 2019, described Mother Earth's Plantasia as Garson's magnum opus.[8] Stephen M. Deusner, writing for Pitchfork, described it as perhaps Garson's "most beloved album, at least among crate-diggers and record collectors."[4]

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9]	6
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[10]	8

See also

• Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants", 1979 album by Stevie Wonder
• Plant perception (physiology)

References

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Mother Earth's Plantasia, a menudo abreviado como Plantasia, es un álbum de música electrónica del compositor canadiense Mort Garson publicado por primera vez en 1976. El álbum contiene música realizada específicamente para ser escuchada por plantas.[1] A su salida, el álbum tuvo una distribución muy limitada ya que solo se hallaba disponible como regalo para aquellos que compraban una planta de interior en una tienda llamada «Mother Earth» en Los Ángeles, California (EE.UU.); o un colchón de la marca Simmons en la cadena de grandes almacenes estadounidense Sears.[1] Debido a esto, el álbum no se popularizó en el momento de su lanzamiento. Sin embargo, desde entonces, este ha ganado estatus de culto al tratarse de una de las primeras representaciones de la música electrónica.[2] Garson hizo uso de un sintetizador moog para componer el álbum.[1]

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