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| | | elision fields (usa) #ef 105 cd terry riley “music for the gift” compact disc - music for the gift (1) (5:45) 1963
- music for the gift (2) (1:52) 1963
- music for the gift (3) (4:36) 1963
- music for the gift (4) (1:20) 1963
- music for the gift (5) (6:04) 1963
- bird of paradise (1) (5:01) 1965
- bird of paradise (2) (6:35) 1965
- bird of paradise (3) (4:37) 1965
- bird of paradise (4) (6:49) 1965
- bird of paradise (5) (3:44) 1965
- mescalin mix (14:23) 1960-1962
- concert for two pianos and five tape recorders (7:36) 1960
| new issue of this former organ of corti / cortical foundation set of terry riley’s 60s electronic works: music for the gift (1963, w/riley processing the trumpet playing of chet baker), bird of paradise (1965, riley’s pre-plunderphonic jump-band tape-loop experiment), mescalin mix (1960-62, gorgeous extended filtered-out concrète sweep), and concert for two pianos and five tape recorders (1960, w/la monte young @ the piano - a scraping anti-music classic...)
while this set doesn’t quite have the same staying power as riley classics such as “persian surgery dervishes,” it’s a pretty damn fascinating insight into his early live-electronic / tape-based work. i’d say it’s worth it for “mescalin mix” and “concert for two pianos and five tape recorders” alone ... |
| | elision fields press release... |
| this cd brings together four seminal tape works of terry riley.
the gift music was performed in paris 1963 by chet baker, with tape manipulations by riley-- the first use of tape delay to fragment, attenuate, and return time, looping tape through twin-tape recorders. the gift recordings, referred to often by soft machine members, is the precursor to the landmark that launched the minimalist movement in c.
"bird of paradise" is a radical tape-manipulation work, the earliest known plundering that inspired steve reich's "it's gonna rain"-era phase recordings.
"mescalin mix" is a tape-loop recording from 1960-62, partly inspired by riley's experience with mescalin and the work he did with richard maxfield. for this recording, the tape-loops extended out riley's window to a wine-bottle spindle in the yard; it was composed for choreographer anna halprin's the three-legged stool.
concert for two pianos and five tape recorders was recorded live at hertz hall on the uc berkeley campus in 1960 with a humorous broadcast narrative/play-by-play by glenn glasow. it was performed by riley and la monte young. |
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