Browse by Artist: JOHNSON, SCOTT

Artist:	JOHNSON, SCOTT
Title:	John Somebody
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 8009

"Scott Johnson is one of new music's great originals, a composer whose distinctive voice and hybridization of rock and the avant-garde elude easy categorization. An early collaborator of Laurie Anderson, his pioneering composition John Somebody transformed speech patterns into instrumental music, and opened the door to a dynamic new technique for blending sampled sound and live performance, familiar to many through the work of minimalist innovator Steve Reich. Long out of print, this 20th Century masterpiece is presented here in a newly remastered, definitive edition. Also included are two compositions for electric guitars and samples from the same period, one issued here for the first time. Experimental music mines rock in three astounding pieces by one of America's most important mavericks."

Artist:	JOHNSON, SCOTT
Title:	Patty Hearst
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	TZ 8029

"Released briefly on the Nonesuch label in 1988, and unavailable for years, Scott Johnson's score for the Paul Schrader film on Patty Hearst was one of his greatest achievements. Deliriously complex and remarkably colorful, the music is a further exploration of Scott's personal technique of blending voices on tape with instrumental counterpoint. Dramatic and breathtaking music from a downtown legend who has been mixing classical traditions with pop vernacular for over three decades."

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