Continuous Music

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This is kind of an addition to my Minimalist post, which focussed on a series of used-to-be-obscure recording of so-called “minimal” music. Thanks to New World Records - who have also reissued pearls by the likes of Julius Eastman and Peter Zummo - another “lost classic” has been given a new life: ‘KMH - Piano Music in the Continuous Mode’, Lubomyr Melnyk’s debut album from 1979. According to Wikipedia Melnyk

Posted at 3pm on 06/24/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Ways of Hearing read on

Displaced Sounds

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“What’s that sound? Is it a noise? Does it bother you? Do you take this sound personally? Can you take a sound or just listen to it? Why interpret? Is it less dangerous? Scary? Impersonal? Why do you want to know the source of this sound? Are you concentrating? On listening? Are you bored? Are you interested?”
– Jeph Jerman

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Posted at 9pm on 06/18/09 | no comments | Filed Under: Ways of Hearing read on