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$12.21

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
modern-psych
folk

audika (usa) #au 1007 cd

arthur russell “springfield” compact disc

springfield (8:35)
springfield (dfa remix) (7:55)
springfield (detail) (1:13)
see my brother
he's jumping out (let's go swimming #1) (7:54)
corn #3 (5:29)
hiding your present from you (4:43)
you have did the right thing when you put that skylight in (3:55)

audika press release...

springfield
(au-1007-1/2)

release date: september 12, 2006 (cd)

before homer (simpson) there was arthur russell and his vision of a utilitarian and common social oasis. there appears to be in every state of the union a springfield, be it county, city or street. arthur imagined that his music could be universally accepted in each and every one of them.

springfield is one of the last compositions arthur russell wrote in his all too-short lifetime. arthur recorded over four hours of tracking with the intention of collaborating with a producer for completion. it never happened until now when the dfa accepted the monumental task of editing and completing the track. no overdubs were used with the exception of minimal keyboards on the remix. three versions are included with separate vocal takes. the result is a classic electro dub track that ranks beside arthur’s visionary club music and the dfa’s finest remixes.

the remaining tracks are some of arthur’s finest, most twisted moments, and culled from the unreleased 1985 album corn. see my brother, he’s jumping out (let’s go swimming #1), is the original (and no less stunning) version of what became the classic 12” released a year later. corn# 3 is a hypnotic instrumental with casiotone, cello and found water sounds while hiding your present from you (cd only) is a psychedelic blur that hints at the elements that came later with world of echo. closing out the album is you have did the right thing when you put that skylight in, arthur’s ode to his close friend ernie brooks home skylight. the heavy metal cellos rumble throughout as arthur sings, “it makes your place, your pad, a nicer place to be”.

springfield is a companion album to the critically acclaimed calling out of context, and offers further exploration of the genius of arthur russell.

$14.37

new to stock as of
august 23rd, 2007

threads:
modern-psych
folk
modern-composition

audika (usa) #au 1001 cd

arthur russell “calling out of context” compact disc

the deer in the forest part 1 (1:35)
the platform on the ocean (8:04)
you and me both (3:45)
calling out of context (5:45)
arms around you (6:32)
that's us/wild combination (6:58)
make 1, 2 (2:49)
hop on down (6:02)
get around to it (4:58)
i like you! (5:01)
you can make me feel bad (1:28)
calling all kids (walter gibbons remix) (7:15)

audika press release...

calling out of context
(au-1001-2)

release date: february 17, 2004

12 extraordinary unreleased tracks from the timeless visionary genius of the new york underground.

when arthur russell died in 1992 he left an overwhelming archive of over a 1000 tapes that reveal the sublime genius of one of the most important musicians of the last 25 years. as a cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary arthur russell consistently blurred the lines of our expectations of what pop music could be. originally from iowa, arthur travelled west in 1970 to study indian classical composition with ali akbar khan, befriended allen ginsberg, performed with alice coltrane, and then moved to new york in 1973 to study at the manhattan school of music. quickly gravitating to the then burgeoning downtown scene, arthur wrote and performed his minimal compositions (captured on instrumentals and tower of meaning. both to be re-issued by audika) and collaborated with a who's who of some of new york's most influential artists including rhys chatham, ernie brooks, david byrne, phillip glass, laurie anderson, jon gibson, robert wilson, christian wolff, john cage, arnold dreyblatt, and phill niblock.

it then changed by a mere accident. simply, he went to a disco. inspired by the sonic repetition and sense of community, arthur wrote and recorded some of the most important records of the disco era including 'kiss me again', 'is it all over my face', and co-founded sleeping bag records with partner will socolov releasing 'go bang' and the album 24-24 music. in 2002 audika records entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the estate of arthur russell to issue previously unreleased and out of print material from arthur's vast archive. the first album calling out of context , features 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded during arthur's prime years 1985-90. the material is drawn from corn, an album that was completed in 1985 but never released, and an abandoned album recorded for rough trade as arthur had become ill. many of these tracks show hidden sides of arthur's talent and underline the loss of his great potential. contrary by nature, arthur's spontaneous reaction and altered perception to his environment produced music that remains challenging and contemporary. arthur's open hearted attitude to music was far ahead of it's time, and now that time is ours.

$15.21

back in stock as of
december 19th, 2008

first in stock on
november 22nd, 2006

threads:
modern-composition

new world (usa) #nw 80656 cd

peter zummo “zummo with an x” compact disc

song iv (trio)
instruments (1980)
lateral pass (1985)

new world press release...

peter zummo - zummo with an x

arthur russell, amplified cello and voice
bill ruyle, tabla, marimba
peter zummo, trombone
rik albani, trumpet
guy klucevsek, accordion
mustafa ahmed, percussion

with accuracy and humor, peter zummo (born 1948) often describes his unique music as “minimalism plus a whole lot more.” he is an important exponent of the american contemporary classical tradition whose compositions explore the methodologies of not just minimalism, but also jazz, world music, and rock, while seeking to create freedom in ensemble situations. zummo’s realization of the contemporary urge to make music that behaves like “nature in its manner of operation” (john cage) is to encourage spontaneous, individual decisions within a self-structuring, self-negotiating group of performers. his scores provide unique strategies (such as a “matrix of overlapping systems,” freely modulating repetition rates, etc.) and materials for achieving that aim. song iv (1985), a trio version of the final song from the four-song suite composed for the trisha brown dance company’s lateral pass, is a continuous tabla-and-amplified-cello groove with trombone (with voice multiphonics) and vocal (russell) melodies and harmonies. instruments (1980) is a composition in seven movements for duet, trio and quartet. short phrases based on intervallic jumps are repeated at individual repetition rates; the ensemble listens for a unison playing of the phrase, and reverses the phrase at that moment. different notes sound together in unplanned ways, resulting in combination (bass) tones. the complete version of lateral pass (1985) makes its first appearance on disc and features a previously unissued performance of song iv for quintet. zummo with an x is an essential document for anyone interested in the multifaceted evolution of american experimental music, especially in the vibrant downtown new york scene of the 1970s and ’80s.

$15.21

back in stock as of
december 19th, 2008

first in stock on
november 28th, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
experimental-instruments
minimalism-drones

new world (usa) #nw 80646 cd

barbara benary “sun on snow” compact disc

aural shoehorning (25:07) 1997

plaingsong (7:32)
northwest (3:30)
smudging (5:37)
amtrak (5:21)
tujuh (3:07)
sun on snow (14:23) 1985

i (4:15)
ii (2:30)
iii (4:28)
iv (1:55)
v (1:15)
barang i (4:00) 1975
barang ii (5:25) 1975
downtown steel (11:39) 1993

i (6:46)
ii (4:53)

new world press release...

among the many composers who have drawn inspiration from the music of indonesia, the one whose outlook became most pervaded by the structure of gamelan music may be barbara benary (b 1946), co-founder and guiding spirit of new york’s gamelan son of lion. a quiet, self-effacing presence on the new york music scene for almost four decades now, benary has maintained a low profile, but behind the scenes she is well connected. a child of manhattan’s conceptualist movement, she was the designated violinist of early minimalism, a pioneer in american gamelan, and an early example of an increasingly frequent type, the ethnomusicologist-turned-composer. chances are you’ve never heard her music on compact disc before this, but new york’s downtown scene has regarded her highly for a long time. hers is a spiritual music, and the spirituality resides in the universality of her lines, universal because they are simple, particular to no one culture. like harrison and virgil thomson, benary has a faith in the power of music’s most basic elements, which she knits into intricate patterns before letting them unravel again.

the title aural shoehorning (1997) refers to the listener’s tendency to confront unusual tuning systems, such as those of javanese gamelan, by trying to “shoehorn” them into the framework of our familiar diatonic scales. heterophony is the overall theme of the piece, and the various ways in which a gamelan and a diatonic ensemble of clarinet/bass clarinet and keyboard percussion can interact as a mixed marriage in which neither partner attempts to convert the other. barang 1 & 2 (1975) are solo and duo explorations of a javanese pentatonic mode called barang. sun on snow (1985) is based on a poem of five lines, five one-syllable words per line, which can be read or sung both horizontally and vertically. the basic melody’s pitches are derived by assigning notes on the basis of number of letters in each word. the melody is then developed and elaborated in five variations. downtown steel (1993) is an adaptation for the instruments of the downtown ensemble of an earlier piece, hot-rolled steel, written for gamelan son of lion, whose keyboards are made of that material. the structure of the piece is based on an english bell-ringing permutation known as grandsire doubles.

members of downtown ensemble & gamelan son of lion:

joseph kubera, piano
steven silverstein, clarinet, bass clarinet
phyllis clark, soprano, percussion
barbara benary, violin, gamelan
daniel goode, clarinet, gamelan
jody kruskal, concertina, gamelan
chris nappi, marimba
nick didkovsky, electric guitar, percussion
jon gibson, soprano sax
peter zummo, trombone
chris nappi, vibraphone, marimba, drum set
bill ruyle, marimba
peter thompson, clarinet
marcus rojas, tuba
david demnitz, patrick grant, lisa karrer, laura liben, david simons, gamelan

$14.96

new to stock as of
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
modern-composition
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

quecksilber (germany) #qs 08 cd

michael j. schumacher “stories” compact disc

still (13:42)
two
three and four part inventions (13:13)
room pieces new york (16:13)
pulse (32:01)

quecksilber press release...

artist: michael j. schumacher
title: stories
format: cd
cat. #: quecksilber 8
release date: 04.10.04

the new album by composer, performer and installation artist michael j. schumacher from new york city after the critically acclaimed "room pieces", on the xi label, which was rated best of 2003 for "modern composition" by the wire magazine. feat. guest musicians tim barnes, charles curtis, donald miller, peter zummo, george bishop and many more.

"stories" refers to the idea of layering, the process of building a structure by stacking things on top of each other. this procedure is particularly evident in "room pieces new york", in which as many as 23 parts play simultaneously. in general, schumacher's interest is to develop a contemporary form of counterpoint, where each voice maintains its integrity while contributing to a total sound. listeners are invited to create their own melodies by letting their ears follow the sounds moment by moment, allowing spontaneous pathways linking the various voices to emerge effortlessly.

michael j. schumacher works predominantly with electronic and digital media, specializing in computer generated sound environments which evolve continuously for long time periods. his sound installations have been heard at apex art, ps 1, the queens museum and the kitchen in new york city, at the technical university and podewil in berlin, at the museum for applied arts in frankfurt, at the museum of modern art in lyon and many others.

schumacher has composed extensively for traditional instrumentation, including numerous works for solo piano, pieces for a variety of chamber ensembles, song cycles, and two symphonies for full orchestra. he is also a noted guitarist and improviser, having published music for prepared electric guitar, both as soloist and with donald miller. with miller and cellist charles curtis, he has released an lp as the donald miller trio. as a pianist he has given solo piano concerts of his own music, as well as the music of la monte young, terry jennings and morton feldman.

in november 2002 schumacher founded the group strata, with tim barnes, percussion, kato hideki, bass, toshio kajiwara, turntables, and schumacher on piano and electronics. the group's premier concert, at diapason gallery, lasted six hours. the group has continued to evolve and presented four 6 hour concerts at diapason in february 2004. performers included joan la barbara, "blue" gene tyranny and peter zummo.

schumacher has been a close associate of the ground breaking composer la monte young since 1989 and has worked as a producer of events at the dream house, young's and marian zazeela's installation space in tribeca. he has also worked as technical director of the dream house and as a recording engineer at dream house events.

since 1996, schumacher has pioneered, first at his downtown gallery studio five beekman and, since 2000, at diapason gallery located in midtown, sound art in new york city, by giving over 100 artists the opportunity to present, in environments with high quality multi-channel sound systems and free of outside noise, cutting edge installations with sound as their focus. he has produced premieres by david behrman, david first, tetsu inoue, ron kuivila, steve roden, marina rosenfeld and stephen vitiello, to name a few.

$13.31

new to stock as of
july 23rd, 2008

threads:
modern-composition
minimalism-drones

unseen worlds (usa) #uw 04 cd

elodie lauten “the death of don juan • an opera in two acts by elodie lauten” compact disc

overture (5:59)
vision (5:10)
death as shadow (8:22)
don juan enlightened (5:51)
prelude (2:37)
death as a woman (3:04)
duel (6:19)
despair (6:50)
kyrie (1:49)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "don juan enlightened"

july 2008 release ; reissue of this 1985 “post-minimal” suite by composer elodie lauten, originally self-released on her “cat collectors productions” imprint, now given then full unseen worlds treatment (12-page booklet w/liners by john schaefer and kyle gann, natch) ...

the individual pieces range from tinkly, phillip glass-esque synth miniatures, to wobbly murmured segments (voiced by arthur russell, amongst others) to a few gorgeous overdubbed vocal / synth drones (oddly reminiscent of jim o’rourke’s early works ; listen to the sound-sample) ...

unseen worlds press release...

elodie lauten the death of don juanunseen worlds cd uw04
release date: july 29, 2008

the cd debut of this 1985 post-minimal landmark by elodie lauten. lauten has been active in the downtown new york classical and punk scenes since moving from france in the 1970s. the death of don juan is a breakthrough for its lyrical minimalism in combination with drama that actively engages a contemporary emotional experience. originally self-produced and released as a small lp edition on her own label, it has been touted ever since by kyle gann, who adds notes to this edition, and was recently included on one of alan licht's minimal top ten lists. features performances by arthur russell and peter zummo.

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