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 best of 2007 !!! 
elision fields (usa) #ef 105 cd

terry rileymusic for the gift” compact disc

  • music for the gift (1) (5:45) 1963
  • music for the gift (2) (1:52) 1963
  • music for the gift (3) (4:36) 1963
  • music for the gift (4) (1:20) 1963
  • music for the gift (5) (6:04) 1963

  • bird of paradise (1) (5:01) 1965
  • bird of paradise (2) (6:35) 1965
  • bird of paradise (3) (4:37) 1965
  • bird of paradise (4) (6:49) 1965
  • bird of paradise (5) (3:44) 1965

  • mescalin mix (14:23) 1960-1962

  • concert for two pianos and five tape recorders (7:36) 1960
new issue of this former organ of corti / cortical foundation set of terry riley’s 60s electronic works: music for the gift (1963, w/riley processing the trumpet playing of chet baker), bird of paradise (1965, riley’s pre-plunderphonic jump-band tape-loop experiment), mescalin mix (1960-62, gorgeous extended filtered-out concrète sweep), and concert for two pianos and five tape recorders (1960, w/la monte young @ the piano - a scraping anti-music classic...)

while this set doesn’t quite have the same staying power as riley classics such as “persian surgery dervishes,” it’s a pretty damn fascinating insight into his early live-electronic / tape-based work. i’d say it’s worth it for “mescalin mix” and “concert for two pianos and five tape recorders” alone ...
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this cd brings together four seminal tape works of terry riley.

the gift music was performed in paris 1963 by chet baker, with tape manipulations by riley-- the first use of tape delay to fragment, attenuate, and return time, looping tape through twin-tape recorders. the gift recordings, referred to often by soft machine members, is the precursor to the landmark that launched the minimalist movement in c.

"bird of paradise" is a radical tape-manipulation work, the earliest known plundering that inspired steve reich's "it's gonna rain"-era phase recordings.

"mescalin mix" is a tape-loop recording from 1960-62, partly inspired by riley's experience with mescalin and the work he did with richard maxfield. for this recording, the tape-loops extended out riley's window to a wine-bottle spindle in the yard; it was composed for choreographer anna halprin's the three-legged stool.

concert for two pianos and five tape recorders was recorded live at hertz hall on the uc berkeley campus in 1960 with a humorous broadcast narrative/play-by-play by glenn glasow. it was performed by riley and la monte young.

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 best of 2007 !!! 
elision fields (usa) #ef 104 cd

terry rileyreed streams” compact disc

  • untitled organ (20:07)
  • dorian reeds (14:56)

  • in c (mantra) (29:28)
2nd reissue on compact disc (first was on organ of corti) of terry riley’s 1965 debut album on the mass art label, recorded november 4th and 5th the prior year in riley’s new york studio/loft.

much like the organ of corti reissue (in fact; exactly like the organ of corti reissue, sans the nice artwork...) this disc also contains a 1969 performance of riley’s “in c” by kébèkois “happening and conceptual music group” l’infonie (some insight below...)
elision fields press release...
available again! terry riley's first lp, originally released in 1966 in a limited edition of 1,000 on mass art. includes the first appearance of the time-lag accumulator on record heard in an early version of "poppy nogood and the phantom band," along with a version of "keyboard studies" on reed organ, and as a bonus, a psychedelic big-band adaptation of "in c (mantra)" recorded under the direction of walter boudreau in 1970.

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vol 33 is based upon in c by riley.

not reissued yet. this piece is based upon riley's in c, with raôul duguay, trumpet. it should have been perfect for my show in many ways. "in c" is like a kind of mantra in favour of life and its manifestation. still inspired by the '67 expo, where new ways of living were considered (meditation, drugs, macrobiotic cooking,..) this meant another modification of our perceptions within the time limitation of a music piece. "in c" has the advantage of being able to be repeated to express that all in all manifestation ("touttt é to bouttt" / everything is in everything).

musically it was inspired by la monte young's "house of dreams", performed by musicians like terry riley, philip glass, steve reich, bob ashley, john cage, karlheinz stockhausen ("mantra" & "stimmung"). with pandit pran nath from tibet la monte young and terry riley sang the "ôm" pulsation, expressed trough "in c" in 53 motives. express everything or "express toutt" becomes the life impulse of a kind of locomotive of life calling "toutt-toutt-toutt", followed by 53 wagons. all motves, languages are reassembled and dissembled by one another, as a symbol of the eternal change, an omega of evolution. the goal through this piece was to get to that ever changing evolution pulse, transforming into a hymn to life. life and its creation are celebrated through the forming of each cell and atom.

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elision fields (usa) #ef 103 cd

terry rileypoppy nogood and the phantom band all night flight” compact disc

  • part 1 (8:21)
  • part 2 (8:57)
  • part 3 (8:30)
  • part 4 (8:25)
  • part 5 (6:07)
exactly the same disc as the organ of corti version (which should still be in stock here...) sans the gorgeous bruce conner artwork ...
elision fields press release...
terry riley
"poppy nogood and the phantom band all night flight"
(elision fields ef103)

this live performance of poppy nogood, recorded at suny buffalo during the intermedia 68 tour, is riley at his hypnotic best. originally released as part of the organ of corti terry riley archive series, it is back in print for the first time in several years. other recordings in the riley archive series will follow, all with new cover artwork featuring period photography.

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