From PUCKERED1 Sent Sun, Mar 1st 1998, 06:27
From PUCKERED1 Sent Sun, Mar 1st 1998, 06:27
a little late and unnecessary (yer slippin' Lance. buckle-up) :-) I have all the info I need thanks to xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx. it's not as rare as you might think. MUSICBLVD has them readily available. np: Dr. Richard, Captin Gollini & Steward Kant - "12,000 Feet" ------------------------------------------------------------------ Karaoke Kalk visual discography http://members.aol.com/volumunits/karaoke_kalk.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ In a message dated 03/01/98 1:17:29 AM, you wrote: >At 12:07 PM 2/28/98 -0500, someone wrote: > >> > >>Mesmer Variations > >>year of publication: 1995 > >>available format(s): CD-2 > >>label: Ash International > >> > >>Sampler with non-austrian music creators: > >>Bruce Gilbert, Koji Marutani, Drome, Steve Williams, > >>Ryoji Ikeda, Robert Hampson, Quest, Gescom,... > >> > >>guess I've been under a rock for the last 3 years... > > > >we could only be so lucky... : ) > > > >>what is this? > >> > > > >The contributors to Mesmer Variations were asked to record a > >piece influenced by the work of Mesmer. As a starting point they > >were given a copy of the LP Mesmer (Ash 1.8), released in early > >1995. Side one of the vinyl recording consisted of 999 identical > >bars, lasting 22 minutes 12 seconds. Side two was made up of an > >identical piece recorded at a lower octave, and a separate > >original mix by Resolution. Some have directly built on the > >pieces on the record; others have started afresh. These works > >are not remixes: they are original works inspired by the dynamic > >effect the claims of Mesmer had on the thinking world around > >him - effects which are still reverberating today. > > > >Franz (Freidrich) Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), 'The Wizard of > >Vienna', was an Austrian Physicist who claimed he could cure > >diseases by correcting the flow of animal magnetism in the bodies > >of his patients during s=E9ance-like group sessions. Mesmer was > >offered a large fortune at the Parisian court in 1778, but refused to > >divulge his secret. > > > >Contemporaries established a commission to investigate his > >claims, deducing that any cures were due to the power of > >suggestion - his audience at the time were largely from among > >the rich Parisian bourgeoisie, and apparently highly prone to > >suggestibility. His claims, however, did initiate serious > >studies into what came to be called 'hypnosis'. His pupil James > >Braid (1795?-1860) coined this term after the Greek God of > >Sleep, Hypnos. The Marquis de Puyseacutegur (1751-1825), also > >a pupil and great admirer, developed theories of the unconscious > >mind after sending a patient into a trance and discovering > >multiple personalities. > > > >Even now there is very little serious study of hypnosis, or its > >bastard offspring, hypnotherapy. It has been sidelined as a > >form of mass entertainment or a miracle cure for psychic > >damage. Research is desparately needed to study the influence > >and effects of 'the flicker effect'(a form of mesmerism induced > >by the flickering images of cinema and television screens), > >the new range of 'video drugs', or the effects of listening to > >repetitive sounds emitted at certain frequencies. Music was an > >important factor in Mesmer's work, and he was a close friend > >of Mozart, later affectionately teased in his opera Cosi fan tutti. > > > >Artists included: > >Drome - NonPlace Urban Field, Some More Crime > >Gescom - Warp Music > >Bruce Gilbert - Wire, WIR, Dome, The Beekeeper > >Robert Hampson - Main, Loop, INDICATE (with Jim O'Rourke) cf Touch TO:25 > >Ren=E9 Hassinger - Resident of Dortmund, this is his first release > >Micki von Hausswolff - Phauss, The Hafler Trio/The Sons of God cf Touch > >TO:24/TO:22 > >Ryoji Ikeda - Resident of Tokyo; cf '1000 Fragments' cci recordings=0A(C= CD23001) > >Edvard Graham Lewis - Wire, WIR, Dome, He Said, H.A.L.O. > >Koji Marutani - Resident of Osaka, Japan cf Touch T_ZERO_1 > >Daniel Menche - Artist in residence at Soleilmoon, Portland, Oregon, USA > >Peter Rehberg (Mego) from Vienna > >Put Put - Andy Diagram, Andrew Jacques, Howard Jacques, Steve Thrower, J= ohn > >Wall > >Quest - Frans de Waard from Beequeen > >Resolution - Swim Records > >S.E.T.I. - Lagowski, Legion, cf Ash International Ash 2.3 > >Steve Williams - Co-writer of Scanner2 (Ash 1.2) and mass observation (A= sh > >1.7) > > > >As you would expect from the above explaination, both > >cds are filled with long dark hypnotically repetitive > >tracks. I don't listen to it very often because of it's extreme > >repetitiveness but it's interesting in small doses. I kept it > >because it's collectible but probably wouldn't hold on to > >it otherwise. > > > > > >-->-Lance--- > >p.o. box 450715 > >westlake, ohio 44145 > >united states