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Ann McMillan
Gateway Summer Sound: Abstracted Animal and Other Sounds (LP)
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Ann McMillan did not record prolifically, but she was at the vanguard of electronic composition in New York in the 1970s. A student of groundbreaking composer Edgard Varèse, McMillan’s primary medium was magnetic tape, which she manipulated to create surreal soundscapes.
On Gateway Summer Sounds, her debut album released on Folkways in 1979 and recorded at the legendary Princeton-Columbia Electronic Music Center, she sources sounds from the natural world – frogs, insects, field recordings from the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York Harbor – along with gongs, bells, and a harpsichord to conceive remarkable, hypnagogic compositions. Like the music of Daphne Oram and Pauline Oliveros, her compositions for tape have been overshadowed by those of her male counterparts, but her work is no less revolutionary or vital.
The vinyl edition is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, bringing to light hidden gems from the extensive collection and revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released by the label.
Details
Cat. number: FTS 33451
Year: 2020
This edition
New vinyl reissue remastered from the original 1979 master tapes, packaged in classic Folkways-style tip-on jackets with liner notes.
Tracklist
| A1 | Amber '75 | 11:41 | |
| A2 | Syrinx | 4:42 | |
| A3 | Episode | 5:14 | |
| B1 | Gateway Summer Sound | 12:10 | |
| B2 | Gong Song | 9:23 |
Credits
- Cooley Design Lab
- Art Direction, Design, Layout
- Constance McMillan
- Artwork
- Ann McMillan
- Composed By
- Ronald Clyne
- Design
- Moses Asch
- Producer
- Fred Knittel
- Production Manager
- Mary Monseur
- Production Manager
- Kate Harrington
- Production Manager [Production Assistant]
- Huib Schippers
- Reissue Producer [Reissue Executive Producer]
- John Smith
- Reissue Producer [Reissue Executive Producer]
- Pete Reiniger
- Remastered By
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