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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
  • LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela c Ulrich Wagner 1992
    LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela Ulrich Wagner 1992

    From the Vaults: La Monte Young

    This is a 1990 show from the vaults with composer La Monte Young and visual artist Marian Zazeela that is sure to warp the space-time continuum. The "godfather of minimalism," Young, together with Zazeela, explain the year-long light and sound environment they had up and running back at the time. Plus, experience an excerpt from Young's work, "The Well-Tuned Piano," called the "Magic Harmonic Rainforest Chord."

PROGRAM #449: With LaMonte Young and Marian Zazeela

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

LaMonte Young

Map of 49's Dream

excerpt {8:30}

Shandar #83.510. Out of print.

Live

"The Lower Map of The Elevens Division of the Romantic Symmetry..." {16:00}

Not recorded commercially.

LaMonte Young

The Well-Tuned Piano

"The Magic Harmonic Rainforest Chord" excerpt {16:00}

Gramavision 5 CD-set, #18-8701. For info on Young's concerts and installations, contact the MELA Foundation

Comments

  • [1] Magnus Kaslov from Copenhagen May 20, 2008 - 05:23PM

    Thank you so much for this gem of a recording of a very hard to hear artist.

    Just a small footnote to the sentence: "The "godfather of minimalism," Young, together with Zazeela, explain the year-long light and sound environment they had up and running back at the time". They in fact still have it running - at the third floor of 275 Church Street in downtown Manhattan.


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