DAVID TUDOR : Three Works For Live Electronics

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Format: CD [LCD1601]
Shipping Weight: 0.1lbs
Label: Lovely Music

2,036円

David Tudor was an avant garde pianist (most closely associated with John Cage, also performing Feldman, Stockhausen, Wolff, etc), who became a crucial pioneer in the world of live electronic music in the 1960s, developing custom-built electronic devices. These 2 Lovely Music CDs are the only commonly available recordings of his electronic music. Three Works includes: "Pulsers" a work from 1976, exploring the world of rhythms created electronically by analog, rather than, digital, circuity. Incorporates a tape of electronic violin work by Takehisa Kosugi. "Untitled": "a series of works composed in the 1970s that were developed through experiments in generating electronic sound without the use of oscillators, tone generators, or recorded natural sound materials."

Tracklist
1 Pulsers 20:26
Recorded By ? Nicolas CollinsViolin [Electronic] ? Takehisa Kosugi
2 Untitled 19:37
Recorded By ? Nicolas CollinsVocals ? Takehisa Kosugi
3 Phonemes 31:55
Remix ? John D.S. Adams

Recorded At ? Airshaft Studio

Art Direction, Design ? By Design
Electronics, Liner Notes ? David Tudor
Remastered By, Liner Notes ? John D.S. Adams

Tracks 1 and 2 originally released on LP
Track 3 was a bonus track not included on the original LP release.

Pulsers composed in 1976 incorporates an improvised tape part performed by Takehisa Kosugi with his electronic violin.
Untitled composed in 1972 was designed for simultaneous performance with John Cage's vocalisation of "Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham". Revised in 1982 and performed by Takehisa Kosugi (vocals).
Phonemes was commissioned for a performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in March 1981.

Tracks 1 and 2 recorded at Airshaft Studio.