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| | experimental intermedia (usa) #xi 120 cd
xi records (usa) #xi 120 cdmalcolm goldstein “the seasons: vermont” compact disc - summer (16:26)
- autumn (12:30)
- winter (25:10)
- spring (7:52)
- soundings for solo violin (11:08)
| ... recent cd reissue of this landmark early 80s tape piece by malcolm goldstein (originally issued by folkways in 1983) , with a bonus “sounding” for solo violin ...
this piece was a recent discovery of mine, the track-down spurred on by the 2009 alga marghen survey of his early tape-music ; despite the pastoral theme here (i.e. vermont’s flowing green landscape) much of this piece gets into fairly visceral territories (listen to the sound-sample for a particularly active spot of euro-improv skronk and anti-music lineage scrabbling) ... |
| | experimental intermedia press release... |
| malcolm goldstein
the seasons: vermont
the seasons: vermont (60:26) 1980-82
musicians:
robert black
mark steven brooks
joseph celli
malcolm goldstein
tom guralnick
brian johnson
kenneth karpowicz
soundings for solo violin (1997) 10:49
malcolm goldstein, violin
the seasons: vermont is a soundscape of vermont as charted through the changes of its yearly soundings. it is a composition in four parts (summer, autumn, winter, spring) for magnetic tape collage with an unspecified live instrumental/vocal ensemble. though the actual composing of the music was completed between 1980 and 1982, it is the realization of a ten-year composition project.
goldstein listened closely and became attuned to what was the particular sound quality of each season in vermont. he then took the sounds that he had recorded and made a tape collage which, for him, arrived at that particular, essential quality of each season. this recording is the complete, unedited premiere perfomance that took place on feb. 26 1983 at real art ways in hartford, ct. the booklet contains examples of the scores as well as excerpts from goldstein's journals from 1977-1982.
“there are recordings of everything here, from birdsongs and gushing brooks, to chainsaws and persnickity car motors: all are used to evoke the seasonal changes one may experience during a typical year in rural vermont. along with the literal reproductions of scrunching snow, crickets, and old-fashioned brass bands, we are treated to the largely improvised commentary of a fine array of experimental players.” - cadence
this disc also includes a recording of goldstein's soundings for solo violin. soundings are improvisations exploring the rich sound possibilities of the violin. melodies of sound (timbre/texture/articulation) are created that evolve out of the interplay between the resonance of the violin and the gesture of the violinist. |
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