Robert Rutman
1939
LabelPogus ProductionsGenreSound Art
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This release reissues Robert Rutman's Pogus Lp (P201-1) and includes an additional track. Rutman (b. 1930) has been building and performing on his homemade metallic instruments for many years. This recording features his buzz chime, steel cello, and bow chime, along with tabla, Tibetan horn, and Rutman's vocal chants. Rutman caresses the metal, drawing out eerie drones and overtones that buzz and trumpet. The music in turn can be as fragile as glass or reach the depths of resonance, as if one has just come upon singing whales at sea. Beautiful music and long overdue on CD.
Release notes
Tracks 1-4 were recorded live in Winchester, Massachusetts in March 1989 and issued on LP as [r1471328]. Track 5 is a previously unreleased bonus track recorded live in Berlin. CD premastering: Audio Arts, NYC. Special thanks to Steve Baer, Allen Stearns, Gen Ken Montgomery, and David Prescott.
| 1 | Tabla And Buzz Chime | 8:55 | |
| 2 | Steel Cello And Bow Chime | 7:42 | |
| 3 | Chant, Bow Chime, And Horn | 4:59 | |
| 4 | Three Bow Chimes | 16:37 | |
| 5 | Song Of The Steel Cello | 20:02 |
- Robert Rutman
- Composed By
- Matthew Schickele
- Design
- Harold Chaney
- Mastered By [CD Premastering]
- Carsten Tiedemann
- Mastered By [Original LP Mastered By] (1 to 4)
- Chris Bruce
- Mastered By [Original LP Mastered By] (1 to 4)
- David Prescott
- Mastered By [Original LP Mastered By] (1 to 4)
