Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (12CDs, 2012)
Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (12CDs, 2012)
Contemporary, Electronic, Experimental | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,53 Gb
Label: Important Records
Contemporary, Electronic, Experimental | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,53 Gb
Label: Important Records
Dense 12 disc collection of Pauline Oliveros' early and unreleased electronic work including her very first piece for tape made in 1961. The majority of these pieces have never before been released.
Organized chronologically by studio this set not only documents Pauline's earliest electronic music but it also functions as an early history of electronic music itself. Extensive liner notes including essays from Pauline Oliveros, Alex Chechile, Ramon Sender, David Bernstein, Corey Arcangel and Benjamin Tinker. This box set is being released in conjunction with Pauline Oliveros' 80th birthday celebrations.
Pauline Oliveros, composer, performer and humanitarian is an important pioneer in American Music. Acclaimed internationally, for four decades she has explored sound – forging new ground for herself and others.
Through improvisation, electronic music, ritual, teaching and meditation she has created a body of work with such breadth of vision that it profoundly effects those who experience it and eludes many who try to write about it. "On some level, music, sound consciousness and religion are all one, and she would seem to be very close to that level." John Rockwell Oliveros has been honored with awards, grants and concerts internationally. Whether performing at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., in an underground cavern, or in the studios of West German Radio, Oliveros' commitment to interaction with the moment is unchanged. She can make the sound of a sweeping siren into another instrument of the ensemble.
Through Deep Listening Pieces and earlier Sonic Meditations Oliveros introduced the concept of incorporating all environmental sounds into musical performance. To make a pleasurable experience of this requires focused concentration, skilled musicianship and strong improvisational skills, which are the hallmarks of Oliveros' form. In performance Oliveros uses an accordion which has been re-tuned in two different systems of her just intonation in addition to electronics to alter the sound of the accordion and to explore the individual characteristics of each room.
Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (12CDs, 2012)
Pauline Oliveros - Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (12CDs, 2012)
Tracklist:
Disc 1:
Pauline Oliveros Home Electronic Music Studio 1961
Time Perspectives 19:38
Disc 2:
San Francisco Tape Music Center 1964-1966
Mnemonics I (15:09)
Mnemonics II (9:55)
Mnemonics III (17:34)
Disc 3:
San Francisco Tape Music Center 1964-1966
Mnemonics IV (18:46)
Mnemonics V (13:54)
Disc 4:
University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio 1966
II Of IV 16:16
III Of IV 9:23
IV Of IV 16:39
V Of IV 14:39
III 16:08
Disc 5:
University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio 1966
Team & Desecrations Improvisation 22:58
The Day I Disconnected The Erase Head And Forgot To Reconnect It 32:36
Jar Piece 15:52
Disc 6:
University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio 1966
Another Big Mother 31:40
Fed Back 1 28:10
Fed Back 2 3:56
Disc 7:
University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio 1966
5000 Miles 32:50
Angel Fix 32:37
Disc 8:
University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio 1966
Bottoms Up 1 12:50
Nite 16:28
Ringing The Mods 1 Heads 9:35
Ringing The Mods 2 Tails 9:35
Three Pieces I 5:22
Three Pieces II 3:21
Three Pieces III 4:03
Disc 9:
Mills Tape Music Center 1966-1967
Big Slow Bog 32:39
Boone Bog 32:34
Disc 10:
Mills Tape Music Center 1966-1967
Bog Bog 33:45
Mind Bog 33:38
Disc 11:
Mills Tape Music Center 1966-1967
Mewsack 32:30
University Of California San Diego Electronic Music Studio 1967-1970
50-50 1 Heads 19:31
50=50 2 Tails 19:31
Disc 12:
University Of California San Diego Electronic Music Studio 1967-1970
A Little Noise In The System 30:25
Red Horse Headache 21:26