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Elliott Sharp, Orchestra Carbon

Abstract Repressionism: 1990-99

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Elliott Sharp writing for strings: Orchestra Carbon's violins, viola, cellos and double bass with electronic percussion, recorded in New York in 1992. Dense, restless pieces between contemporary chamber music and noise.

Victo 40th Anniversary Super Sale. Abstract Repressionism is a seven-movement work composed for an expanded, orchestral version of Elliott Sharp's band Carbon. As the title hints, the music itself is vaguely political and emphatically abstract, as Sharp explains in his liner notes, he sees society as becoming increasingly controlled by authoritarian forces determined to "(undermine) the ability of humans to process information and abstractify." Thus his score requires the musicians to manipulate and interpret pieces of musical raw material according to predetermined algorithmic rules, a process of spontaneous, collective composition that creates abstraction by requiring the processing of information.

Rick Anderson, AllMusic

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Cat. number: VICTO CD 019

Format

Recorded March 22 and April 1, 1992.

Total time: 54:59

℗ © 1992

Release notes

Recorded March 22 and April 1, 1992. Total time: 54:59 ℗ © 1992

Tracklist
1Unlockstep5:43
2Heads Are Beaten Against Walls, Some Voluntarily4:48
3ABS/DIS/RE/CON/EX/SUB4:43
4Adventures In The Skintrade9:19
5Kangoroo Court3:50
6X-Tactic13:15
7Dystopia Exit10:01
Credits
Elliott Sharp
Bass Guitar [Double Neck], Composed By, Producer, Liner Notes
Margaret Parkins
Cello
Mary Wooten
Cello
Michelle Kinney
Cello
Kaz
Design
Lindsay Horner
Double Bass
Joseph Trump
Drums, Percussion [Electronic]
Michel Levasseur
Executive-Producer
François Bienvenue
Graphics
Marc Chénard
Liner Notes [Translation]
David Lee
Photography By
Joanne Vézina
Producer [Assistance]
Bryce Goggin
Recorded By, Mixed By
Ron Lawrence
Viola
David Soldier
Violin
Gregor Kitziz
Violin
Wendy Ultan
Violin

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