From Jeff Waye Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 21:02
Got to cast the vote for 'Hymnen' as being the best. 4 sides of cut-up, edit, noise, based around various national anthems of the world. There is a really good piece on Stockhausen in the last issue of The Wire. If I remember correctly it said that the majority of his work is available on CD directly from him. If anyone is interested I can dig through the issue and get the adress. Probably the best way to go if you're new to Stockhausen as the vinyl is pretty pricey when you can find it. Take Care Jeff >The best, easiest-to-understand, and only widely available American release >of Stockhausen is 1959's "Kontakte," from an Ecstatic Peace issue of a 1978 >performance by James Tenney and others. Check out >http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=10:05:38|AM&p=amg&sql=A385691 for a >review and rating... > >.John.