Philip Corner
Metal meditations
LabelAlga MarghenGenreSound Art
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"Metal Meditations is the culmination of many years experience and experiment with the properties of resonant metal objects, whether intended for music for not." Philip Corner. One side is taken from a 1974 performance at Merce Cunningham's studio, performed by David Behrman (electronics and performer) & others. There is also a 1975 performance with Bill Fontana and Corner ("long metal pipe with active microphone) as well as a short version from the Avant Garde Festival in Cambridge, MA, 1978.
Format
Tracks A1 to A3: With microphone dimension (as 3 sections for Merce & Dancers). Event #112 at Cunningham Studio, April 27, 1974. Track A4: Outdoors at Rosanna Chiessi's Art Club Inter, Cavriago [RE], Aug.1977. Track B1 - With Fontana "to test the thing" ..... a long metal pipe with active microphone. Composed at Ch. Morrow Studio, Jan 1975. Track B2 - At Cambridge. Avant Garde Festival, Cambridge MA, 5/20/78. First edition with cover printed in gold.
Release notes
Tracks A1 to A3: With microphone dimension (as 3 sections for Merce & Dancers). Event #112 at Cunningham Studio, April 27, 1974. Track A4: Outdoors at Rosanna Chiessi's Art Club Inter, Cavriago [RE], Aug.1977. Track B1 - With Fontana "to test the thing" ..... a long metal pipe with active microphone. Composed at Ch. Morrow Studio, Jan 1975. Track B2 - At Cambridge. Avant Garde Festival, Cambridge MA, 5/20/78. First edition with cover printed in gold.
| At Merce Cunningham Studio | |||
| A1 | A | 5:30 | |
| A2 | B | 4:10 | |
| A3 | C | 6:10 | |
| A4 | At Cavriago, R.E. | 3:10 | |
| B1 | At Charlie Morrow Studio | 15:20 | |
| B2 | At Cambridge, MA | 4:20 | |
- David Behrman
- Electronics, Performer (A1 to A3)
- Bill Fontana
- Performer (B1)
- Carole Weber
- Performer (A1 to A3)
- Julie Winter
- Performer (A1 to A3)
- Philip Corner
- Performer, Liner Notes, Artwork [Calligraphy]
- Emanuele Carcano
- Producer
