The expansive mind of composer and experimenter Charlemagne Palestine presents an extended drone work performed on organ, building from a peaceful single note to a harmonically rich combination of tones with a haunting vocal quality, subtly shifting and building in momentum then slowly fading out to the 20 minute mark; an epic journey in polyphonic transition.
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Limited Edition Etched Ultra Clear Vinyl In Custom Pvc Sleeve & Printed Innersleeve. Edition of 500 Copies.
Label: Matiere Memoire
Catalog ID: MMXX-06
Squidco Product Code: 30080
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2020
Country: Belgium
Packaging: LP
Recorded at Charlemagne's Studio in Brussels, Belgium, 2019, by Frederic Alstadt.
"Matiere Memoire presents the MMXX Series. In anticipation of the year 2020, Matiere Memoire asked 20 great artists to create an original 20 minutes piece and an artwork. Throughout this year, each quarter will see the release of 5 new vinyls, available individually or as a bundle. Each record is limited at 500 copies and comes as a crystal clear vinyl featuring an original track of 20 minutes on one side, and a laser engraved artwork on the other. Each contained in a transparent sleeve printed with the MMXX logo, and each coming with a print of the artist artwork."-Matiere Memoire
Limited Edition Etched Ultra Clear Vinyl In Custom Pvc Sleeve & Printed Innersleeve. Edition of 500 Copies.
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Charlemagne Palestine "Charlemagne Palestine (born Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine) is a performance artist from New York. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, Palestine began by singing sacred Jewish music and studying accordion and piano. At the age of 12 he started playing backup conga and bongo drums for Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Kenneth Anger, and Tiny Tim. From 1962-69 Palestine was daily carillonneur for the Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Manhattan, eventually creating a piece that consisted of 1,500 15 minute performances. From 1968-72, Palestine studied vocal interpretation with Pandit Pran Nath, experimented on kinetic light sculptures with Len Lye, composed music for Tony and Beverly Conrad's film "Coming Attractions," taught at Cal Arts with Morton Subotnick, created the sound and movement piece Illuminations with Simone Forti, and developed his own alternative synthesizer, The Spectral Continuum Drone Machine. Throughout the seventies Palestine created records, videos, sculptural objects, abstract expressionist visual scores and performed regularly in the company of his stuffed animals. From 1980 to 1995 Palestine performed only rarely, exhibiting instead at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and in documenta 8. During that time he also founded the Ethnology Cinema Project in New York, which is dedicated to preserving films that document disappearing traditional cultures. After moving to Europe in 1995, in addition to creating exhibitions, Palestine performs regularly, re-releasing older material and developing new videos and sonic projects." ^ Hide Bio for Charlemagne Palestine
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Track Listing:
SIDE A
1. Vvvoooodddoooo Ddddooooodddddooooo 20:01
Compositional Forms
Electro-Acoustic
NY Downtown & Metropolitan Jazz/Improv
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Sound, Noise, &c.
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