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| | | erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 033-040 cd “amplify 2002: balance” septuple compact disc and dvd set disc one (outside festival shows)- thomas lehn / toshimaru nakamura (13:12)
- günter müller / tetuzi akiyama / nakamura (19:20)
- christof kurzmann / nakamura (24:08)
- lehn / nakamura / taku sugimoto (13:20)
disc two (studio sessions) - günter müller / toshimaru nakamura - tint- .tint (4:51)
- ..tint (4:58)
- ...tint (15:11)
- ....tint (13:25)
- .....tint (10:20)
disc three (festival):- cosmos (sachiko m/ami yoshida) (24:35)
- keith rowe / lehn / marcus schmickler (39:29)
disc four (festival):- müller / otomo yoshihide (36:10)
- lehn / schmickler (39:41)
disc five (festival):- burkhard stangl / kurzmann / sugimoto (24:00)
- rowe / nakamura (31:49)
disc six (festival):- stangl / müller (33:43)
- nakamura / sachiko (21:30)
disc seven: (seven guitars):- seven guitarists: rowe / akiyama / oren ambarchi / nakamura / otomo / stangl / sugimoto (cornelius cardew - treatise pp. 82-84) (38:25)
- seven guitarists (improvisation) (31:03)
dvd - balance beams- "balance beams” (109:00)
- 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets
- three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from
- including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.
| | erstwhile press release... |
| thomas lehn - analogue synthesizer
toshimaru nakamura - no-input mixing board
tetuzi akiyama - amplified acoustic guitar
günter müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics
christof kurzmann - g3
taku sugimoto - electric guitar
sachiko m - sinewaves, contact mike
ami yoshida - voice
keith rowe - guitar, electronics
marcus schmickler - digital synthesizer, computer
otomo yoshihide - electric guitar, turntables, electronics
burkhard stangl - acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices
oren ambarchi - guitar, electronics
the amplify 2002: balance box set has been designed and assembled to recreate as much as possible the experience of being in tokyo in late october 2002 for the week-long whirlwind of music and camaraderie revolving around the 2002 amplify festival.
the annual series of amplify festivals began in 2001 in nyc, followed in 2002 by the event documented in this box. amplify returned to nyc in february 2003, and the next amplify will be in cologne and berlin in may 2004, co-curated by keith rowe and jon abbey. the festivals are closely tied to the erstwhile label, and are designed to showcase an ambitious amount of music within a short time period, demanding increased attention and focus from both the musicians and the audience. this box set aims to convey at least part of the intense atmosphere created by amplify's climate of total immersion.
the amplify 2002: balance box set contains over seven hours of music on seven cds, consisting of:
1) eight of the twelve sets from the festival itself, which took place over three nights at star pine's cafe in kichijoji, tokyo.
2) two cds compiled from the smaller club shows which took place before and after the festival itself, organized by toshimaru nakamura and taku sugimoto, including an entire disc by the all-star guitar septet of keith rowe, tetuzi akiyama, oren ambarchi, nakamura, otomo yoshihide, burkhard stangl and sugimoto.
3) a studio recording by the duo of günter müller and toshimaru nakamura, recorded that same week. this disc has been carefully sequenced and constructed, and is essentially a regular erstwhile release contained within the larger box.
the box also features a dvd by filmmaker jonas leddington and a 52 page, full-color booklet with photography by yuko zama and twenty separate essays by many of the people involved in the festival.
leddington's dvd contains a 109-minute visual document titled "balance beams," which is built around the festival itself and includes structured excerpts from all twelve sets, commentary from the musicians, behind-the-scenes footage, as well as images and sounds from tokyo. footage of the stangl/kurzmann set includes cuts of viennese filmmaker michaela grill's schnee video, as it was shown live in tokyo.
the dvd extras include 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets, as well as three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from, including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.
the box set is a limited edition of 800 copies, and will not be reprinted. |
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