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modern-composition
minimalism-drones
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experimental-instruments
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| | | atoll (new zealand) #acd 301 cd from scratch “pacific 3-2-1-zero” compact disc - part 1: drones/voices (8:21)
- part 1: percussion stations (8:11)
- part 1: lament (4:09)
- part 1: pvc pipes & cymbals (4:00)
- transition: tossed & struck percussion (4:06)
- part 2: song hocket (3:51)
- part 2: voices & brass (8:43)
- part 2: hand percussion
- voices & brass (15:34)
| 2001 release ; cd issue of the 1986 third lp (following 1981’s “gung go 1,2,3d” - reissued by flying nun in 1985 - and “drum/sing” - ditto, with excerpts from this recording in the mid-late 80s) by this new zealand ensemble led by philip dadson, itself an offshoot from the nz wing of the scratch orchestra ...
blistering, rhythmic works touched by minimalism & gamelan music, making full use of hocketing/phasing effects for constantly shifting sound-masses ... |
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#acd301
pacific 3-2-1-zero
from scratch
parts 1 & 2 live
an anti-nuclear performance recorded live june 1986
music/sound performance, rhythmic invention and experimental instruments have been a feature of from scratch since the 1972 manifesto vom. this was the original probe-and-hatch plan devised by phil dadson for the auckland scratch group as an alternative to the mainly improvised activities of scratch orchestra (nz) - an off-shoot of cornelius cardew's foundation group for a scratch orchestra which he was involved with in london during the late 60s.
the rhythm stress implicit to vom prompted a drift from large scale pieces to smaller scale tightly-structured rhythm works and to the formation of the first from scratch group in 1974. the politics of from scratch are reinforced by it's pacific context. egalitarian and co-operative ideals are embodied in the music and the performance with players sharing equal and similar roles. |
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