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Yasunao Tone

Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)

Label: Slowscan

Format: LP

Genre: Compositional

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Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!

condition (record/cover): M / NM

Clear vinyl. One of three different sleeve variations, hand-numbered (43/50).

The release features two distinct avant-garde works that bridge early Fluxus experiments with later collaborative multimedia performances.  Anagram for Strings (1961): A graphic score published by George Maciunas in 1963. It replaces traditional musical notation with a "constellation" of dots and circles. Performers create an improvisational soundscape by drawing lines across the score and using arithmetic to determine glissando lengths. Geography & Music (1979): A piece originally created for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The recording on this release features legendary avant-garde figures including John Cage, David Tudor, and Takehisa Kosugi.

 

Details
Cat. number: Vol. 18
Year: 2005