From Graham the Happy Scum Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 15:48
From Graham the Happy Scum Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 15:48
> From: Bob Bannister <xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> > Glass's most repetitive and mind-bending stuff is from the early 70s, much > of it originally released on his own Chatham Sq. label - "Music in Fifths", > "Music in Similar Motion" and "Music in Changing Parts" are titles to watch > for, although I have no idea about the CD reissue status of any of them - > also "Music in 12 Parts, Pts. 1 and 2" on Virgin Records mid-70s "too weird > for prime time" subsidiary called Caroline Records changed my life. > "Einstein on the Beach" was about the last gasp before he lost his edge. Hmm. I've only got "North Star" from 1977, reissued on CD 1986, which is amusing enough, with kooky shifting rhythms and time signatures, in fact I was going to sample the choir "ee-oo-ee-oo" bit from the title track, but decided it didn't really fit the song i was going to use it on. I listen to it very rarely, it's up there with EN's Tabula Rasa and Hunters & Collectors' The Firemans Curse as records I like but listen to rarely because they're so scary. You don't want to know why I got "North Star", except it has a connection with a particular artist certain people here have a violent allergic reaction to. And he suffers from the syndrome described below too. > The problem with "classical" composers, even the supposed iconoclasts, is > they get comfortable with a certain mainstream acceptance, (teaching gigs > and so on) and start re-recording their old stuff, usually in a softer way > - - the Nonesuch CD boxset of the late 80s recording on "Music in 12 Parts" > sounds mushier to me as does much of the stuff on the Steve Reich boxset. > Another 70s US academic composer whose "trance music" credentials are > underrated is David Borden - his first two LPs under the name Mother > Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company are well worth hearing. np: A CS1x arpeggiating a drumkit patch with portamento piped through the speaker amp simulator effect. Instant Aphex Twin. -- Graham the Happy Scum (or Graham H Freeman, whichever you prefer) http://www.mpx.com.au/~gths mailto:xxxx@xxxx-xxxxx.xxx this is not a message from god ... ... never, ever!