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Contemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleContemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleParmegiani, Bayle, Ferrari, Chion, Risset, Chadabe, Dashow, Wessel
Sub Rosa Sale: the label catalogue at reduced prices
Contemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleContemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleParmegiani, Bayle, Ferrari, Chion, Risset, Chadabe, Dashow, Wessel
Julius EastmanFemenineBack to the record
The Hum

“Femenine is essential for anyone engaged with the history of the avant-garde.”

Bradford Bailey · 16 September 2016

This is a moment of dreams. The emergence of a long lost and otherwise unavailable recording by Julius Eastman. Arguably the most important composer to come to prominence during the second half of the 1970’s and early 80’s – unquestionably the most neglected. Eastman was Black, queer, aggressive, flamboyant, brilliant, strung-out, and unapologetic. In the eyes of all but a few, everything about him was wrong.

Originally published by The Hum.Read it on The Hum

5 other reviews

Pitchfork

“Though never intended as an album as such, the first appearance of Femenine is nonetheless a major landmark in both Eastman’s posthumous narrative and the story of the American avant-garde.”

The Sound Projector

“In the work’s second half (it’s about 72 minutes long) the flutes and piano work together in leading the rest of the orchestra in carving out a rich hypnotic soundscape of joy and merriment.”

Soundohm

“Once heard, Eastman’s genius can’t be ignored, nor can there be much wonder regarding why this is the work that launched his entry into the broader consciousness that he always deserved.”

Music & Literature

“In Femenine, Eastman finds value and power not in wholeness—not in limits and definitions—but in openness, in vulnerability, in being porous.”

Spectrum Culture

“Femenine is a challenging but accessible piece that’s as pleasing as it is provocative.”