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
Details
Cat. number: VICTO CD 019
Notes:
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
| 1 | Unlockstep | 5:43 | |
| 2 | Heads Are Beaten Against Walls, Some Voluntarily | 4:48 | |
| 3 | ABS/DIS/RE/CON/EX/SUB | 4:43 | |
| 4 | Adventures In The Skintrade | 9:19 | |
| 5 | Kangoroo Court | 3:50 | |
| 6 | X-Tactic | 13:15 | |
| 7 | Dystopia Exit | 10:01 |
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
