not necessarily easy music

Arcana 8/11/03

C - Ron Geesin - Duet for One-String Banjo and Water Cistern - Not Necessarily “English Music” - EMF

Robert Ashley - The Bar pt 1 - Perfect Lives - Lovely
R - Klaus Schulze - Wahnfriend 1883 - The Essential - Caroline
C - Spontaneous Music Orchestra - Search and Reflect - Not Necessarily “English Music” - EMF

N,C - ?? - ?? - Low Noise Quality Tape - Kraag
Chris Brown - Duo - Duets - Artifact
N,C - Tweezers - 1-4 - Singles #2 - Bulb

Robert Ashley - The Bar pt 2 - Perfect Lives - Lovely
R - Harry Partch - 5 Undergrads Become Transfigured in a Hong Kong Music Hall - The Bewitched - CRI

N - Träd, Gräs, och Stenar - The Black Pearl - s/t - Silence
Tim Perkis - Clicks- Artificial Horizons - Artifact
Larry Austin - Tárogató! - Octo Mixes - EMF

Milton Babbitt - Composition for Guitar - Occasional Variations - Tzadik
C - Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton - Piece for Cello and Accordion - Not Necessarily “English Music” - EMF

N - Prey - Green Owl’s Tongue - Always Ahead of the Game

notes:
-arcana=weirdo contemporary composition stuff.
-the not necessarily english music comp is pretty fucking awesome. featuring only british recordings from 1960-75 and curated by david toop, there is hardly a bad track here. the duet for banjo and sistern is something that must be heard to be believed.
-robert ashley is a genius. this piece prompted a caller to ask when it was from and then say he hadn't heard it since then. the piece reminded me greatly of the steven jesse bernstein/steve fisk collaboration  
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