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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
1960s-electronic
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| | | dexter’s cigar (usa) #dex 12 cd folke rabe “what?” compact disc - what?? (25:41)
- what?? (half-speed version) (50:50)
| | click the play button to hear an excerpt of "what??" |
| | high water-mark in the dexter’s cigar catalogue; this reissue of a single long-form electronic work composed by folke rabe in 1967, initially issued as a split-lp with bo-anders persson (träd gräs och stenar / pärson sound)’s steve reich tribute “protoimperialism” on the flip (why this has never been reissued is beyond me...) |
| | dexter’s cigar press release... |
| first issued in 1970 by the german label wergo, what?? (as we would call it here in america) was obscure even among the avant company it kept in; labelmates such as stockhausen, ligeti and cage overshadowed rabe from the start.
"about 85% of the material is made up of electronically generated tones, which however are never present in their static, original form. each partial has been specifically treated in itself, which can at times yield a very rich result. what?? was created in the late summer of 1967, and was realized by me in the electronic studio of the swedish radio...the second what?? is the same as the first, but at half-speed, ie. one octave lower. this may seem a lousy way to fill up a cd, but in fact through the years i have been using both versions in performances. with the kind of sound material used in what??, it does not simply sound half-speed. in a way it becomes another piece of music -- mellower, and the single events of course easier to distinguish.” - folke rabe |
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