This second volume of Sub Rosa's anthology explores the early days of pre-electronic music; rare and unpublished pieces by influential composers of electronic music; unreleased tracks by cornerstones of the 90s electronic, acid and industrial scenes; free-jazz... and some rare stuff from Captain Beefheart, Daphne Oram, Alan R. Splet...

Over the past forty years the same ten, or so, electronic music composers get mentioned again and again. Given the systems of music production there are reasons, some of them identifiable, why only these few names have found prominence in each period. Yet behind them are many other names and great pleasure can be derived from the works of 'minor' artists.

The case of Tod Dockstader is instructive: when "for lack of academic qualifications" he was denied access to the electronic music facilities he needed, was there not great beauty in the pieces he nevertheless created and in his determination to make music without those facilities? His name was never seen on the labels of top record companies. But he influenced quite a few people - Richard James quoted him, and others then referred to his work. Some of his records were reissued, and what one could call the 'rehabilitation process' continues. The same applies to many other composers. All such stories spell a passion for music, and weave myth.