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Graduation And Other New Country And Blues Musicby Henry Flynt

Graduation And Other New Country And Blues Music

Release date 8 November 2004 on Ampersand.
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Henry Flynt: a central figure in Fluxus movment of the 60's, four time sit-in performer with The Velvet Underground , author of "Bluprint For A Higher Civilization' and various spirited broadsides against Stockhausen.

Flynt's 'Graduation' is the culmination of several years of solo exploration and chance ensemble oppportunities to realize ... [More]



Two And Twoby Christina Kubisch / Fabrizio Plessi

Two And Two

Release date 7 June 2002 on Ampersand.
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During her 25 year career, Christina Kubisch pioneered the creation of site-specific sound and light environments, sound sculptures and installations. The roots of her abstract realities began in the intense collaboration with the Italian visual artist Fabrizio Plessi in 1973 with the performance piece 'Two And Two'.

'Two And Two' documents ... [More]



La Maquina De Cantarby Horacio Vaggione

La Maquina De Cantar

Release date 7 June 2002 on Ampersand.
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Argentinian born electronic composer Horacio Vaggione (known to some for his involvment with the Alea group) threw together this two track sci-fi masterpiece in 1978 for the Cramps label's Nova Musicha series. Relying solely on an IBM computer the title track from 1971 retains the massive energy and unrelenting use ... [More]



Four Principles On Ireland And Other Pieces (1974)by Cornelius Cardew

Four Principles On Ireland And Other Pieces (1974)

Release date 7 June 2002 on Ampersand.
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In 1975 when Four Principles was released, Cornelius Cardew was comfortably within his third stylistic phase of musical development. Unlike the groundbreaking experimental activities of his most famous pieces, 'Treatise' and 'The Great Learning' the music on Four Principles marked a repudiation of the musical avant-garde that Cardew himself had ... [More]



Tempo Liquidoby Christina Kubisch / Fabrizio Plessi

Tempo Liquido

Release date 7 June 2002 on Ampersand.
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"The performance started with a four-channel ambient sound that contiuned throughout the whole performance. Since I had no sampling possibilities at that time all of the instruments were recorded solo in my studio on a Revox machine.

The recordings, one channel for each instrument, were repeated several times in order to ... [More]



Cheap Imitationby John Cage

Cheap Imitation

Release date 26 May 2000 on Ampersand.
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Humbly engaged but never over-determined, Cheap Imitation remains John Cage's most devotional and enduring homage to a lifelong contract between the Maestro of Stony Point and Erik Satie. Composed when he was refused persmission to use the arrangement for Satie's 'Socrates' as the 'accompaniment to Merce Cunningham's choreography, Cheap Imitation ... [More]




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