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File under: ImprovisedOrganic

Mnemonists

Some Attributes Of A Living System (CD)

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The first album under the Mnemonists name, released in 1980 in 500 copies on the Colorado collective's own Dys label: 22 'Fragments' of improvisation between modern classical, noise, industrial and free jazz, by the circle that became Biota. Reissued on CD by Klanggalerie.

Mnemonists was a collective of avant-garde musicians and visual artists from Fort Collins, Colorado, led by Mark Derbyshire and William Sharp, whose music mixed modern classical, experimental sound, noise, industrial and free jazz. They released their records on their own label, Dys, between 1981 and 1986; by 1985 Mnemonists had become a purely visual collective, while the music passed to a new group, Biota, which shared some of its members.

Some Attributes Of A Living System was first issued in 1980 in 500 copies on Dys, the first album to carry the Mnemonists name, and in 1985 it reappeared as half of a double LP together with Mnemonist Orchestra. It consists of 22 'Fragments' of improvisation within very simple arrangements, recorded in Fort Collins, with titles like 'Religion In Media', 'Labeling Diseases', 'Syllables From An Electric Reading Pacer' and 'Theory Of Tiles'.

A large cast took part, among them Steve Scholbe, Hugh Ragin on trumpets and trombone, Tom Katsimpalis, Sara Thompson on double bass and Steve Emmons on home-built synthesizers and sequencer. Reissued on CD by Klanggalerie.

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File under: ImprovisedOrganic
Cat. number: n/a
Year: 2026
Tracklist
1Fragment 11:17
2Fragment 24:09
3Fragment 31:23
4Fragment 4 - Religion In Media0:25
5Fragment 5 - Labeling Diseases1:49
6Fragment 60:48
7Fragment 71:10
8Fragment 81:11
9Fragment 9 - Syllables From An Electric Reading Pacer0:30
10Fragment 102:01
11Fragment 11 - Relative Neighbors2:58
12Fragment 121:51
13Fragment 131:59
14Fragment 14 - Contingency4:06
15Fragment 151:50
16Fragment 160:14
17Fragment 17 - Heads Up3:48
18Fragment 181:05
19Fragment 191:16
20Fragment 201:01
21Fragment 21 - Theory Of Tiles5:34
22Fragment 223:25
Credits
Tom Katsimpalis
Acoustic Guitar, Artwork (1), Toy, Voice, Percussion
Steve Bennett
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (10,13,18)
Bruce McGregor
Artwork
Rolf Goranson
Audio Generator
Sara Thompson
Double Bass
Ken Lark
Drums, Percussion (4,5)
mark schulz
Electric Bass (4,5,20)
Steve Scholbe
Electric Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Toy, Voice, Percussion
John Herdt
Electric Guitar, Voice
Mark Derbyshire
Electronics, Tape, Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By, Artwork
Ruth Hougen
Harp (20)
William Sharp
Piano, Electronics, Tape, Percussion, Toy, Voice, Producer, Arranged By, Artwork
Steve Emmons
Synthesizer, Sequencer
Hugh Ragin
Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Percussion, Trombone
Cathy Doyle
Voice (9)
Kent Hotchkiss
Voice (2)
Kip Williams
Voice (9)
Melissa Katsimpalis
Voice (9,21)
Renais Goddard
Voice (21)
Teresa Goddard
Voice (9)
Randy Yeates
Voice, Toy, Percussion, Artwork
Torger Hougen
Voice, Toy, Percussion, Artwork

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