Young was an inspiration on john cale and original velvet underground drummer angus maclise, philip glass, steve reich, george harrison, brian eno, jarvis cocker, stereolab and the classic spacemen 3 album dreamweapon. Yet, at the same time it permits indulgence in the sensuous, tactile beauty. His name however emerges in articles and books that delve into the radical postworld war ii american experimental music scene. Lamonte young biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Marian zazeel, raga for ravi, a monte young theater of eternal music ii 02 pre. I think that this kind of sense of time has to do with getting away from the earthly sense of direction which goes from birth to death, in other words, like developmental form, and has to do with static form and moving up into, by up i mean like vertically, as in vertical hearing, moving, then, up through the.
Oct 11, 20 the welltuned piano unfurls in graceful slow motion. He contributed extensively to the study of just intonation and to the development of rational number based tuning systems that are used in his periodic composite sound waveform environments, as well as in many of his major performance works. Classical music your grandparents would still screech at you to turn off heres an uberrarity for you. Studio album 4 the second dream of the hightension line stepdown transformer from the four dreams of china. Young first imagined the trio as immensely and, he realized. Though he hasnt performed this massive piece in many years and he has never considered it. In 1965, while working as brill buildingstyle staff songwriter for pickwick music, reed formed a group, the primitives including cale, for live performances of a single he had recorded called the ostrich.
Audio cd see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. If file is multipart dont forget to check all parts before downloading. For 27 years he kept the tuning a secret only a few close friends knew it. It is a work for solo piano as youve never heard it. He is a composer and actor, known for flux concert 1979, fluxus in wiesbaden 1962 and fluxus hot and west 2006. Surge machine a breathtaking live collaboration between spacemen 3s sonic boom, zombie zombies etienne jaumet and celine wadier, a master of indian dhrupad singing and tanpura. Skladateljsko ime, ki mu bomo posvetili danasnjo oddajo, smo v zadnjih tednih pogosto omenjali.
Recorded live at teatro maria matos, lisbon in september 2017, the performance is released on magenta vinyl. Understanding 11 great artists through the instructions they left behind. The book is a culmination of a decade of research, during which author jeremy grimshaw gained rare access to the composer and his archives. This is, perhaps, his masterpiece so naturally it is way out of print. Seriously, check the amazon used prices on this beast. First published by heiner friedrich in 1969 in an edition of 2100. His works are cited as examples of postwar experimental and contemporary music, and were tied to new yorks downtown music and fluxus art scenes. Long outofprint seminal writings and interviews by young and zazeela. I think that this kind of sense of time has to do with getting away from the earthly sense of direction which goes from birth to death, in other words, like developmental form, and has to.
An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Mar 18, 2008 this one comes via a closet of curiosities lmytfs. Recordings of his compositions remain somewhat rare and difficult to obtain. The term originally referred to his dream house, a new york loft in which young and his theater of eternal music comprising violinist tony conrad, viola player john cale, trumpet player jon hassell, keyboardist terry riley and others developed a music made of semi. The album was originally released by the french label shandar with the catalog number shandar 83. The performance is released on magenta vinyl, a nod to young.
Posted march 18, 2008 by jefre this one comes via a closet of curiosities. The welltuned piano is 5 hourlong discs of fairly slow, rather discordant piano playing. Terry rileys letter of august 12, 2011 to suzanne ryan in support of my position. Lp, album, ltd, re, unofficial oddullabaloo oddity1501lp. He also had written songs, such as heroin and venus. In 1991, with the use of a calculator, a tunable yamaha dx7, and a cd player with an atob button, i tuned my synthesizer to the gramavision recording of the work and figured out ten pitches. The book is a culmination of a decade of research, during which author jeremy grimshaw gained. The welltuned piano unfurls in graceful slow motion. Ive just completed the download and unpacking, and have begun to. Recorded live at teatro maria matos, lisbon in september 2017.
Find lamonte young discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The length of the record, almost double what was then normal, was extremely unusual in its time. Its a classic of american minimalism, composed in 1964 though young considers it. His works are cited as notable examples of postwar avantgarde, experimental, and contemporary music. Young is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in western drone music.