Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier (1931 to 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations, born in Nashua, New Hampshire. His work explores acoustic phenomena and the way we hear them: the resonance of rooms, the beating between closely tuned pitches, the passage of sound through wire, water and brass. A member of the Sonic Arts Union with Robert Ashley, David Behrman and Gordon Mumma, he taught at Wesleyan University for four decades. Two pieces made him known far beyond new music circles.
Music On A Long Thin Wire (2LP)
Rare 2LP set released by Lovely Music in 1980 with the ethereal droning investigation into the physics of the sound of a thin wire. Evocative truly experiemtnal music.
Musica 109. Lezioni sulla Musica Sperimentale
Italian edition. "Music 109" prende il nome dall'aula della Wesleyan University dove Alvin Lucier ha insegnato per oltre quarant'anni. Il libro nasce da quelle lezioni, e ne conserva il tono: quello di un compositore che ti siede accanto e ti spiega,…
Extended Voices (LP)
1970 re-press of the 1967 fantastic, mind-blowing and essential compilation of pieces for chorus and for voices altered electronically by sound synthesizers and vocoder, conducted by Alvin Lucier and released on Odyseey's "Music Of Our Time" avant-ga…
Eight Lectures on Experimental Music (Book)
In this brilliant collection, path-breaking figures of American experimental music discuss the meaning of their work at the turn of the twenty-first century. Presented between 1989 and 2002 at Wesleyan University, these captivating lectures provide r…
Appearance/Music for Solo Performer
A 1967 concert at Hope College, Michigan, found in a Japanese archive: Cage, Tudor and Ichiyanagi play Ichiyanagi's "Appearance" and an early realization of Alvin Lucier's "Music for Solo Performer", the first piece made with brainwaves.
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Lucier & Bach: Sitting In A Room
2024 stock bastille musique presents its seventeenth release »Lucier & Bach: Sitting in a Room« featuring Hanna Herfurtner (soprano, voice), Clara Blessing (oboe), Joosten Ellée (violin), Linda Mantcheva (violoncello) and Elina Albach (harpsichord, o…
Klangskulpturen
Rare fully illustrated catalogue of installations and performances by the great Alvin Lucier published in 1991 by daadgalerie.
Illuminated by the Moon (4LP + Cd+ Book) box
Long sold-out second edition of 500 numbered copies of this stunning set of 4LP, CD and book in heavy box celebrating Alvin Lucier's 85th birthday.
Music on a long thin wire
Legendary sound installation for audio oscillator and electronic monochord. 1980 first edition on Lovely Music from 1980.
(Amsterdam) Memory Space
*2024 stock* The openness of Lucier's instructions belie the difficulty in dealing with the idea of how one can translate a sound from one medium into another and what kind of transformation of information takes place in that exchange. While interpre…
Vespers
Alvin Lucier ranks among the most important, influential, and radical avant-garde composers of his generation. "Vespers" (1969) and "Chambers" (1968), the two works featured on this LP, witness Lucier rethinking the material and conceptual possibilit…
No Ideas But In Things
*2024 stock* “Don’t ask me what I mean, ask me what I’ve made.” - Alvin Lucier
The American Alvin Lucier is one of the most significant composers of New Music in the twentieth century. Being one of the first representatives of live electronic music, …
Sounding Spaces (9 Sound Installations)
*2024 Stock * English / Japanese Book (Hardcover, 80 pages) with interviews and explanations about the works presented during the exhibition of the same name held @ ICC Tokyo, july 11 - september 29, 2003.
Fame di Vento
Huge Tip! Fame di Vento is Manuel Zurria's latest work. A triple CD to evoke the many suggestions and projects that have taken place in recent years, full of collaborations, of the Sicilian flautist. Fame Di Vento is also an idealized homage to Aligh…
Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II
Works for the Ever Present Orchestra Vol. II continues Black Truffle’s documentation of the late work of legendary American experimental composer Alvin Lucier, who sadly passed away in 2021 at the age of 90. Like the first volume of the series, the t…
One Arm Bandits
"One Arm Bandits is an hour-long piece in four parts, scored for four cellists. The cellists play only open strings, thus using only their right arms, never fingering the strings with the left hand. Recorded in Alvin Lucier's dining room, this work f…
Alvin Lucier: Navigations
“It is not enough just to play the right notes at the right time in the right way; one must also have the right consciousness. It places the performer in the role of explorer of the interior in order to produce, and being still in order to be active.…
I Am Sitting in a Room. Archival Recordings 1969–2019
A truly mind-blowing deep dive into one of the most important works within the canon of 20th Century experimental music, stretching across 3 LPs and 2 CDs, as well as containing a 124-page book, Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting in a Room. Archival Record…
Swing Bridge; Sizzles
First recordings of two Alvin Lucier works centred on the pipe organ: Swing Bridge (2015) for organ, ensemble and pipe wavers, played by the Australian Art Orchestra with Austin Buckett, and Sizzles (1997) for organ and drums.
Alvin Lucier’s Reflexive Experimental Aesthetics (Book)
Making audible what is usually inaudible, rendering sound visible in an unusual way, and facilitating a spatial experience of sound—this is what constitutes the pioneering work that makes Alvin Lucier one of the most important representatives of Ame…