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Artist:
TYRANNY, "BLUE" GENE
Title:
Out Of The Blue
Label:
UNSEEN WORLDS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
UW 001CD
"For the first time on CD, here is the official reissue of 'Blue' Gene Tyranny's first album from 1977 (originally one of the first Lovely Music releases) beautifully remastered, with new artwork and 24-page booklet. This is a long awaited event for some and will be an unexpected surprise for others. Blue is a Grammy-nominated composer and pianist who has performed on records by Robert Ashley (
Perfect Lives
,
Celestial Excursions
), John Cage, and Laurie Anderson, yet this is quite different. Composing for what is essentially a chamber rock ensemble, a cast of female vocalists, and himself on the Polymoog and RMI synthesizers, Blue has created a song-cycle that reflects his intensely melodic and free piano technique in a polished studio record. Out of the Blue elegantly combines adventurous New Music technique, the style and appeal of pop music, and the grace of classical music to form an unclassifiable and totally revelatory whole. The album consists of the sublimely poppy 'Next Time Might Be Your Time,' the searing and soaring instrumental 'for David K.,' the soulful, contemplative hymn 'Leading a Double Life,' and finally the casually-epic 26-minute masterpiece for voices & electronic and acoustic instruments, 'A Letter from Home.'"
Artist:
MELNYK, LUBOMYR
Title:
KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode
Label:
UNSEEN WORLDS
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
UW 002CD
"Lubomyr Melnyk's debut album from 1978,
KMH
, is an unheralded touchstone of minimalism. Performing solo on piano with a speed that suggests multiple pianos playing together in harmony, Melnyk nearly brings out the full sound of the instrument all at once. His music is lush and maximal yet it possesses the restrained, slowly evolving nature found in music by artists like Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Melnyk developed his unique approach to minimalism while working with dancer/choreographer Carolyn Carlson (who also worked with Igor Wakhevitch) in Paris during the 1970s. Carlson's influence led Melnyk to create music that is dramatic enough for the stage yet meditative enough for deep listening, a version of minimalism with the enigmatic traces of Satie. Remastered from the privately produced master tapes with new artwork and an 8-page photo booklet."
Artist:
STONE, CARL
Title:
Woo Lae Oak
Label:
UNSEEN WORLDS
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
UW 003CD
Stunning drone work, rescued from oblivion, and an absolute minimalism classic. "First-ever CD of Carl Stone's debut album, originally released on Joan La Barbara's Wizard Records in 1983.
Woo Lae Oak
is a 54-minute tape piece based around minimal samples of strings and wind which layer, deconstruct and reform into an expansive, shimmering whole. Remastered for CD, with complete original artwork and new accompanying notes by Phill Niblock."
Artist:
LAUTEN, ELODIE
Title:
The Death of Don Juan: An Opera In Two Acts
Label:
UNSEEN WORLDS
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
UW 004CD
"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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