V.A. : Keep Together - Fluxus & Neofluxus, Part 2

'In April 2023, the first part of the Fluxus edition called Stolen Symphony was released. Now, in 2024, there is the second part, called Keep Together. At the center of this edition was a broken piano, acquired by the Opening Performance Orchestra for the purpose of making live and studio recordings. During this time other new works for this broken piano were written by diverse Fluxus and non-Fluxus composers. In the spring of 2022, the Opening Performance Orchestra and the broken piano participated in an event hosted by Mieko Shiomi. This was a new version of her early work Spatial Poem, documentation of which was presented at the 2022 Aichi Triennale in Tokyo. At present, the broken piano lies in the open air in Prague and is subject to gradual decay. This edition contains new and old pieces, live and studio recordings, finished pieces and scores to be performed, solos and pieces for ensemble, using classical and special instruments from 33 Fluxus artists, which have been played by ten soloists and four ensembles. There are new essays and articles from 15 writers on the theme Fluxus, as well as original photos and other documentation in the booklets. The Belgian label Sub Rosa provided technical support and a good place for the grand-scale release. The audio restauration and mastering were done by Gabriel Séverin at Laboratoire central, Brussels, and Kakaxa, 3bees, Prague. Archivio Conz in Berlin provided access to their extensive archives and Edizioni Conz provided co-production. Ursula and René Block made possible the realization of John Cage’s historical composition “Mozart Mix” from the Edition Block archive. The photographic material comes from Marie Knízáková and Milan Knízák’s private archive, the German photographer Wolfgang Träger, Archivio Conz’s Fluxus archive, the private archives from diverse Fluxus artists and Opening Performance Orchestra’s digital archive. Milan Knízák, Henning Christiansen, La Monte Young, Philip Corner, Bengt af Klintberg, George Maciunas, Takako Saito, Toshi Ichiyanagi, John Cage, Geoffrey Hendricks, Nam June Paik, Sara Miyamoto, Ken Friedman, Yoko Ono, Josef Anton Riedl, Giancarlo Cardini, Ay-O, and George Brecht.'



A1 Milan Knížák - (Maybe) Sonata (1971) 4:10
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
A2 Henning Christiansen - Mond-Glass-Fiber-Rohr (1986) 2:23
Wind – Werner Durand
A3 Milan Knížák - Novelties (from the cycle Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind) (1978) 0:48
Voice – Premek Ondra
A4 La Monte Young - Piano Piece For David Tudor #2 (1960) 0:34
Piano – Agnese Toniutti
A5 Philip Corner - CELLO WALKING - I. Walk The Walk (2017) 2:59
Cello – Deborah Walker
A6 Philip Corner - CELLO WALKING - Præludium: Cello Slow Drag (2017) 3:05
Cello – Deborah Walker
A7 Giancarlo Cardini - Foglie D'Autunno Lentamente Trascolorano (1983) 6:41
Piano – Agnese Toniutti
A8 Sara Miyamoto - Peck And Pluck (2022) 2:33
B1 Bengt Af Klintberg - Triad No.2 (2021) 4:32
Wind [Bottles] – Werner Durand
B2 George Maciunas - Solo For Violin (For Sylvia Bussotti) (1962) 3:37
Violin – Luciano Chessa
B3 Milan Knížák - Negations (from the cycle Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind) (1978) 1:26
Voice – Petr Ferenc
B4 Takako Saito - Untitled (2020) 7:52
Piano, Instruments [Joe Jones Machines] – Takako Saito
B5 Toshi Ichiyanagi - In Memoriam Of John Cage (1992-93) 3:07
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
B6 Geoffrey Hedricks - Sky Music v. II (1985) 3:06
Cello – Deborah Walker
Wind [Frog Horn] – Werner Durand
C1 Philip Corner - GOOD JEW, After A Listen To Julius Eastman's 'Evil Nigger' ver. I (2021) 8:41
Cello – Deborah Walker
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
Voice – Anna Clementi
Wind – Werner Durand
Đàn bầu – Luciano Chessa
C2 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Sky) (1961) 2:57
Voice – Anna Clementi
C3 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Wall) (1961) 2:46
Voice – Anna Clementi
C4 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Wind) (1961) 3:21
Voice – Anna Clementi
C5 Ay-O - Ha He Fu Hi Ho (1976) 2:36
Directed By – Eric Andersen
Performer – Residents Of The Institute Ostrava Days
C6 George Maciunas - Solo For Sick Man (1962) 4:55
Voice – Anna Clementi
D1 Milan Knížák - Destroyed Handel & Chopin (1981) 6:58
Conductor – Petr Kotik
Ensemble – S.E.M. Ensemble
D2 George Brecht - Water (1963) 0:47
Recorded By, Mixed By – Deborah Walker
D3 Philip Corner - GOOD JEW, After A Listen To Julius Eastman's 'Evil Nigger' ver. II (2021) 12:01
Cello – Deborah Walker
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
Voice – Anna Clementi
Wind – Werner Durand
Đàn bầu – Luciano Chessa

Co-producer – Edizioni Conz
Graphic Design – Jaroslav Buzek
Liner Notes – Dr. Petr Rezek, Eric Andersen, Ken Friedman, Milan Knížák, Natilee Harren, Opening
Performance Orchestra, Paul Hegarty, Philip Corner Producer – Sub Rosa

Release includes a 24 page booklet with photos, credits and writings.
Limited to 500 pieces