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.'



CD 1
1-1 Milan Knížák - (Maybe) Sonata (1971) 4:10
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
1-2 Henning Christiansen - Mond-Glass-Fiber-Rohr (1986) 2:23
Wind – Werner Durand
1-3 Milan Knížák - Novelties (from the cycle Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind) (1978) 0:48
Voice – Premek Ondra
1-4 La Monte Young - Piano Piece For David Tudor #2 (1960) 0:34
Piano – Agnese Toniutti
1-5 Philip Corner - CELLO WALKING - I. Walk The Walk (2017) 2:59
Cello – Deborah Walker
1-6 Philip Corner - CELLO WALKING - Præludium: Cello Slow Drag (2017) 3:05
Cello – Deborah Walker
1-7 Bengt Af Klintberg - Triad No.2 (2021) 4:32
Wind [Bottles] – Werner Durand
1-8 George Maciunas - Solo For Violin (For Sylvia Bussotti) (1962) 3:37
Violin – Luciano Chessa
1-9 Milan Knížák - Negations (from the cycle Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind) (1978) 1:26
Voice – Petr Ferenc
1-10 Takako Saito - Untitled (2020) 7:52
Piano, Instruments [Joe Jones Machines] – Takako Saito
1-11 Toshi Ichiyanagi - In Memoriam Of John Cage (1992-93) 3:07
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
1-12 George Maciunas - Solo For Sick Man (1962) 4:55
Voice – Anna Clementi
1-13 Milan Knížák - Destroyed Handel & Chopin (1981) 6:58
Conductor – Petr Kotik
Ensemble – S.E.M. Ensemble
1-14 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
1-15 Philip Corner - Man In Field (The Sound As "Hero") (2020) 7:46
Piano – Agnese Toniutti
1-16 John Cage - Mozart Mix (Edit) (1965) 3:00
Performer – Otto Block, Werner Durand
1-17 Geoffrey Hedricks - Sky Music v. II (1985) 3:06
Cello – Deborah Walker
Wind [Frog Horn] – Werner Durand
1-18 Nam June Paik - Video Flag (1985) 0:45
1-19 Sara Miyamoto - Peck And Pluck (2022) 2:33

- CD 2
2-1 Ken Friedman - Rational Music (1987) 31:51
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
2-2 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Sky) (1961) 2:57
Voice – Anna Clementi
2-3 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Wall) (1961) 2:46
Voice – Anna Clementi
2-4 Yoko Ono - Voice Piece For Soprano (Scream Against The Wind) (1961) 3:21
Voice – Anna Clementi
2-5 Josef Anton Riedl - Tabchiernchau (Für Sprechen) (1998) 1:00
Voice – Anna Clementi
2-6 Giancarlo Cardini - Foglie D'Autunno Lentamente Trascolorano (1983) 6:41
Piano – Agnese Toniutti
2-7 Ay-O - Ha He Fu Hi Ho (1976) 2:36
Directed By – Eric Andersen
Performer – Residents Of The Institute Ostrava Days
2-8 Milan Knížák - Tramp Sonate (2021) 11:43
Bass Clarinet – Lukáš Daňhel
Bassoon – Petr Hlavatý
Cello – Katarína Madariová, Lukáš Svoboda
Conductor – Pavel Šnajdr
Double Bass – Jiří Šícha, Michal Pokorný
Orchestra – Brno Contemporary Orchestra
Piano – Miroslav Beinhauer
Trombone – Šimon Pavlík
Tuba – Roman Hoch
2-9 George Brecht - Water (1963) 0:47
Recorded By, Mixed By – Deborah Walker
2-10 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
2-11 Ken Friedman - Zen For Record (1966) 5:00

2CD digipack with 72 page booklet in slipcase. Limited edition of 500 copies.