These Things Happen is the influential debut album by Electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician & percussionist David Van Tieghem, released in 1984. Although not his first musical work, it was his first proper album, notorious for Van Tieghem's use of percussion objects such as radio transmissions, a wine bottle, hair comb, metal ashtrays and balloons.

Track listing

All music written by David Van Tieghem.

1. "Number One/Hunted Animals" - 9:24
2. "Men's Line/The Women" - 4:25
3. "Remote Viewing - 4:22
4. "Beyond Knowledge and Power" - 4:06
5. "Untitled/These Things Happen" - 5:14
6. "Boxing" - 1:54
7. "The Skyway/Scavengers/Two Worlds" - 5:48
8. "Dark Passage/Phantom Power/Fait Accompli" - 9:05