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previous artist: if, bwana		there are 5 titles featuring if,bwana in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: ignatz

$12.61

back in stock as of
january 6th, 2011

first in stock on
february 11th, 2009

pogus (usa) #p 21049 cd

noah creshevsky / if,bwana “favorite encores” compact disc

noah creshevsky - mari kimura redux (5:46)
if, bwana - xyloxings (10:53)
noah creshevsky - shadow of a doubt (15:06)
if, bwana - scraping scrafide (10:38)
noah creshevsky - intrada (3:46)
if, bwana - cicada #4: version barnard (10:06)
noah creshevsky - favorite encores (6:46)

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21049-2 cd

noah creshevsky / if,bwana
favorite encores

a split cd of works by noah creshevsky (4 tracks) and if, bwana (3 tracks). while on the face of it this may seem a somewhat odd pairing, the pieces recorded here comment on and highlight each other. and as the above quotes suggest, an aural adventure is indeed in the offing.

trained in composition by nadia boulanger in paris and luciano berio at juilliard, noah creshevsky has taught at juilliard, princeton university, and brooklyn college. he was director of the center for computer music (1994-2000) and is currently professor emeritus at brooklyn college of the city university of new york. his musical vocabulary consists largely of familiar bits of words, songs, and instrumental music that are edited but rarely subjected to electronic processing. the result is a music that obscures the boundaries of real and imaginary ensembles though the fusion of opposites: music and noise, comprehensible and incomprehensible vocal sources, human and superhuman vocal and instrumental capacities. creshevsky's most recent hyperrealist compositions explore the fragmentation and reconstruction of pre-existing music in combination with original synthetic and acoustic materials. moments suggest musical environments of indeterminate ethnicity--simultaneously western and non-western, ancient and modern, familiar and unfamiliar.

hyperrealism is an electroacoustic musical language constructed from sounds that are recognizable parts of our shared environment ("realism"), handled in ways that are exaggerated or excessive ("hyper"). hyperrealist music exists in two basic genres. the first uses the sounds of traditional instruments that are pushed beyond the capacities of human performers in order to create superperformers--hypothetical virtuosos who transcend the limitations of individual performance capabilities (e.g., mari kimura redux, intrada, favorite encores). hyperrealism of the second genre aims to integrate vast and diverse sonic elements to produce an expressive and versatile musical language. its vocabulary is an inclusive, limitless sonic compendium, free of ethnic and national particularity (e.g., shadow of a doubt). hyperrealism celebrates bounty, either by the extravagant treatment of limited sound palettes or by the assembling and manipulating of substantially extended palettes.

al margolis has been working under the musical pseudonym if, bwana since new year's day 1984. there are often collaborators in this project‹both knowingly and unknowingly. both are represented on this recording. xyloxings was a concept-based work that in the end had the concept discarded for compositional considerations. lisa barnard's vocals were recorded with her direct knowledge. scraping scrafide uses a portion of tony scafide's piano part from a prior work of mine3 out of 4 ain't bad and processes it. cicada #4: barnard mix is part of my "discipline" series - an open set of works - and uses barnard's vocals from other sessions to create one of many possible versions of this work.

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threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
modern-composition
minimalism-drones
analogue-synth

pogus (usa) #p 21046 cd

al margolis / if,bwana “an innocent, abroad” compact disc

an (10:52)
innocent (9:28)
, (11:54)
abroad (11:09)
issue (13:52)

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21046-2 cd

al margolis / if,bwana
an innocent, abroad

the new al margolis/if, bwana cd is comprised of issue, for electronics and multi-tracked voice, and an innocent, abroad, a 40 plus minute work for electronics, vocals, and flutes. an innocent, abroad can be best described as a sonic oratorio: an assemblage, a construction of an event that never happened or will happen. a live installation for radio, perhaps.

there is no "meaning" to the text. all parts were drawn or are inter-related to the original vocal track, recorded by lisa barnard, which is no longer present. the text/voice part has been multi-tracked and now represents five "separate entities". the electronic parts have been extracted and processed from the original vocal track. the five flute parts were performed by jane rigler and jacqueline martelle, and was be improvised by them. they recorded to the separate voice tracks. none of the performers heard the entire piece that they worked on.

lisa barnard is a vocalist and performance artist. most noted work is her interpretations of her dreams into original performances for deep listening institute's annual dream festivals. jacqueline martelle is a flutist and arts administrator, living in new york city since 1996. she performs new music and has recorded on the mode and centaur record labels. jane rigler, flutist, composer, educator and producer is an active featured performer in contemporary music festivals throughout the u.s. and europe as a soloist as well as within chamber ensembles

al margolis was one of the prime movers in the cassette underground scene of the 1980s (between 1984 and 1991 his sound of pig label released over 300 cassettes of music by the likes of merzbow, costes, amy denio, john hudak and jim o'rourke) and is the éminence grise behind twenty-three years of music under the name if, bwana. he is the man behind the pogus label, as well as label manager for deep listening, xi records, and mutable music.

the cd cover, vixen de milo, is a 20 year ongoing work by dan & detta andreana.

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pogus (usa) #p 21013 cd

if,bwana “tripping india” compact disc

3 out of 4 ain't bad (18:03)
pr-dr (16:19)
tripping india (26:33)

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21013-2 cd

if, bwana (al margolis) - tripping india

consisting of 3 compositions, tripping india is the 3rd if, bwana release on pogus. on this recording if, bwana is joined by, among others, paul marotta (styrenes / electric eels / mirrors) on 3 out of 4 ain't bad, a conceptual work for 3 different pianists, playing 3 different pianos at 3 different times to the same tape. the final version is for 3 pianists, no tape. pr-dr is an electroacoustic work for processed/manipulated percussion. the title piece combines audio "snapshots" of a wandering through india with multiple tracks of manipulated and processed drums and percussion. the end result is an "audio travelogue for 2 (highly) manipulated percussionists."

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threads:
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modern-composition

pogus (usa) #p 21010 cd

if,bwana “breathing” compact disc

breathing (22:15)
r.ism v.2pf (28:20)
barump poe (19:38)

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21010-2 cd

if, bwana (al margolis) - breathing

"breathing" is for two didjeridus, cello, oboe, and tapes. "r.ism v.2pf" is for tape, two pianos, sampled flute, and electronics. "barump poc" is for winds, organ, chorus, tapes, etc., etc., etc. the "orchestral" piece.

assisting bwanettes on this disc are jane scarpantoni, dave prescott, brian charles, dan and detta andreana, danielle reddick, paul richards, and debbie goldberg.

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threads:
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electro-acoustic-improvisation

pogus (usa) #p 21007 cd

if,bwana “33 birds went” compact disc

mal air (9:30)
ellensbirds (11:28)
pi = sinbad (15:11)
debtetc (14:25)
flute thang (7:21)

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21007-2 cd

if, bwana (al margolis) - 33 birds went

al margolis (electronics, tapes, etc.), ellen christi (vocals), brian charles (oboe, bass clarinet, soprano sax).

special guest appearances by jane scarpantoni (taped cello), and kevin sparke (percussion).

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