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2004 release; essential overview of the various fluxus artists’ dabblings w/ sound, covering work recorded between 1961 and 1995. Highlights include: Dick Higgins’ 1961 “in memorian” (”the piece was made by assembling loops of a dub of a phonograph record of 16th century dance music. the dance is heard, simultaneously, up the 16 times as slow as the original, backwards as well as forwards, giving a sort of cinematic effect”). Robert Watts’s 1969 “string record composition” (simply astounding early harsh-noise piece utilizing the composer’s “string record” - “a 12 inch diameter wooden disc (ordinary lp size) which has string glued to it, forming the playing grooves” - listen to the sound-sample). Joe Jones’ 1980 “5 piano pieces” (dark, clanking piano drones - way too brief) Yasunao Tone’s 1961 “anagram for strings” (performed here by malcolm goldstein & takehisa kosugi), plus sound-poetry, field-recordings, and early plunderphonics from Al Hansen, Mieko Shiomi, ay-o, Carolee Schneeman, Ben Vautier, and Eric Andersen, highly recommended !!! - Mimaroglu