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| | | matchless (uk) #mrcd05 cd amm “the crypt • 12th june 1968” double compact disc set - like a cloud hanging in the sky? (45:21)
- coffin nor shelf (45:36)
- neither bill nor axe would shorten its existence (18:08)
| | full edition of the classic 1968 session that spawned the amm side of the mainstream amm / mev split lp “live electronic music improvised” ... this is most certainly amm at their most wild & wooly ... |
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| the crypt (1968)
cornelius cardew
lou gare
christopher hobbs
eddie prévost
keith rowe
recorded 12th june, 1968.
1992 double cd edition. the complete session with material not released before.
mrdcd05 (double)
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amm music
amm was formed in 1965 and concerns itself - certainly outwardly - with musical improvisation of an experimental kind. this music is apparently unsuited to mechanical reproduction. amm has made three records and broadcast in britain, denmark and germany. in all this it has 'displayed its uselessness' (in the sense of the story quoted) for reproduction purposes. about the live performances - amm has given many public concerts, including some in the usa - the press has said some surprisingly nice things and some not-so-nice things, but few (nice or otherwise) ever revealed any insight or relevance. if we believed everything written by the critics we would have long since stopped playing - if they had ever let us start!
one comment by a journalist, however, came close to expressing, albeit unwittingly, something of why we play. peter willis wrote (in peace news) "ultimately, however, amm fails." ultimately amm will fail. there may be rare moments when we, or others, sense a kind of success, but there can never be 'ultimate' success. nevertheless, with kind of perversity that really belongs only to nature, amm continues to play. it continues to want to play and in playing fails; appears at times to be succeeding then fails and fails. the paradox is that continual failure on one plane is the root of success on another (and i'm not thinking of the hack violinist of the metropolis passing himself off as a virtuoso in the provinces). we certainly must not look for failure any more than for success.
the problem with amm is that it is enormously difficult to honestly justify any approach or promotion which will lead to a playing situation - paid performances in particular. when somebody pays they expect the goods - we may not have the goods, and if we have we may lose them tomorrow. and if we do we may yet spend our lives 'in the enjoyment of untroubled ease.' meanwhile the risk spurs on the music.
cornelius cardew and eddie prévost c. 1970 |
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