PAULINE OLIVEROS : Early Electronic Works 1959-66

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Format: 2LP [SRV460]
Shipping Weight: 0.68lbs
Label: Sub Rosa

3,544円

'Sub Rosa present a collection of Pauline Oliveros's early material, aptly titled Early Electronic Works 1959-66, released as a part of the label's Early Electronic series. Oliveros was an important American composer, born in Houston, Texas on May 30, 1932; the music she produced in the latter part of her life is akin to the breath of life, notably, through her pieces for accordion (particularly those which she herself performed). In addition to her performances, she also made an impact in the world of contemporary composition through the creation of the Deep Listening Center, her approach to improvisation, and her numerous and varied collaborations including those with John Cage, Morton Subotnick, Terry Riley, Sonic Youth, Erold, and Andrew Deutsch. The music presented here is her early and definitive contribution to the tape and electronic music of the late 1950s and 1960s through her systematic exploration of electronic sounds, which was fundamental during this period. Silver vinyl; Edition of 400.

"My work with electronic music began in 1959. My first tape piece was an ambitious four channel work called Time Perspectives (1959). The piece was made by recording small sounds from objects resonated on a wooden wall and changing the tape speed. I used cardboard tubes as filters by inserting the microphone into the tube and recording sources through the tubes. I used my bath tub as a reverberation chamber." --Pauline Oliveros.'

Tracklist
A Mnemonics III 17:20
Electronics [Two Hewlett Packard Oscillators, Patch Bay, Line Amplifier], Tape [Two Tape Recorders] ? Pauline Oliveros
B V Of IV 14:34
Electronics [Larger Array Of Oscillators And A Keyboard For Selecting From The Bank Of Oscillators, Patch Bay, Line Amplifier], Tape [Two Tape Recorders] ? Pauline Oliveros
C Time Perspectives 19:19
Tape [Tape Recorder], Voice, Sounds [Soup Ladles, Table Knife] ? Pauline Oliveros
D Once Again / Buchla Piece 19:19
Synthesizer [Buchla Box Series 100] ? Pauline Oliveros

Credits
Compiled By [Selected By] ? Andrew Deutsch, Guy Marc Hinant
Composed By, Performer ? Pauline Oliveros
Design ? Mountain
Liner Notes ? GMH, P. Oliveros
Producer ? Sub Rosa

Notes
Shrinkwrapped with sticker on cover stating "400 copies limited silver vinyl".
Mastered at Le Laboratoire Central, Brussels.
'Mnemonics III': composed 1965 at the San Francisco Tape Music Center.
'V Of IV': composed 1966 at the University of Toronto.
'Time Perspectives': composed 1959 at home using a consumer model tape recorder from Sears Roebuck Co, cardboard tubes to filter sounds, the wall to resonate sounds and my bathtub for reverberation. Sound sources: my voice, a pair of soup ladles (with handles removed) and a table knife.
'Once Again / Buchla Piece': composed 1966 at the Tape Music Center at Mills College.