Glassworks (LP)
Original European edition on CBS of the 1982 chamber music composition with a more accessible approach to Minimalsm by one of its main composers, resulting in absolutely lovely music.
Satyagraha (3LP box)
Original European edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1980 Minimalist opera based on Gandhi's life, released by CBS in 1985. With booklet.
Songs From Liquid Days (LP)
Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1986 album of songs co-written with Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson and performed by Linda Ronstadt, Bernard Fowler, the Roches and Kronos Quartet among others.
DancePieces (LP)
Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1987 album with the music for the ballets by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp.
Akhnaten (3LP box)
Original 1987 edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1983 opera based on the Egyptian pharaoh's life, released by CBS in 1987. With booklet.
Music In Twelve Parts (6LP box)
Ultra-rare vinyl edition of the first release of the full early 1970's landmark colossal Minimalist compostion, recorded partly in 1975 and partly in 1983, issued as a massive 6LP box set with albums with individual covers by Venture/Virgin in 1988. With insert.
Dance Nos. 1-5 (2LP)
Original Dutch-only vinyl edition of the excellent 1988 double album on CBS with the minimalist music for the 1979 ballet by Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt.
1000 Airplanes On The Roof (LP)
1989 US LP edition on Virgin of the science fiction music drama for winds, brass, vocals (Linda Rondstadt) and electronics.
Birds Measuring Space
During a 2016 trip to Colombia, I was very fortunate to be welcomed by the staff of the Rio Claro Natural Reserve, located in the central Cordillera. After several days of recording in the caves—the ones open to the public—inhabited by small colonies of cave-dwelling Guacharos (Steatornis caripensis), Juan Guillermo Garcés, director and founder of the Rio Claro sanctuary, allowed me to access a secret location outside of the reserve, home to what ornithologists reckon is one of the largest known…
Bright Lights, L'il City
Bright Lights, L'il City was recorded from November '22 until August '25 in Chicago, Kilkenny, Cork and Glasgow. Played, Recorded and Mixed by Sam Scranton and Neil Quigley
Kilkenny Electroacoustic Research Laboratory Anthology Vol. 3 - The Stray Sod
The Kilkenny Electroacoustic Research Laboratory (K.E.R.L.) announces the release of the third and final volume of its acclaimed anthology, a richly layered exploration of experimental sound, artistic collaboration, and the cultural phenomena orbiting the enigmatic Kiely cousins, Owen and Tom. Bringing the series to a compelling close, this volume bridges archival research, oral history, and critical reflection, tracing the roots and reverberations of a uniquely Irish avant-garde movement. The b…
Kilkenny Electroacoustic Research Laboratory Anthology Vol. 1 (1965-89)
A curated collection of music and sound experiments from the archives of the now defunct Kilkenny Electroacoustic Research Laboratory.
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.
Four Organs / Phase Patterns (LP)
1974 re-press of the 1970 LP on Shandar with two seminal compositions for 4 organs (one plus maracas) from the same year, performed by Philip Glass and Jon Gibson among others, along with the composer. Essential minimalism.
Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments Voices And Organ / Six Pianos (3LP box)
Mid/late 1970's re-press of essential 3LP box set on DGG with three seminal phasing minimalist compositions from the early 1970's of evocative beauty, with Cornelius Cardew, Joan La Barbara, Jay Clayton, Glen Velez and the composer himself among the performers. With booklet
Music For 18 Musicians (LP)
Rare original 1978 edition on ECM of one of the most beautiful and evocative Minimalist pieces ever, composed in 1976. Essential Minimalism.
Music For 18 Musicians (LP)
Rare mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of one of the most beautiful and evocative Minimalist pieces ever, composed in 1976. Essential Minimalism.
Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase (LP)
Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1980 LP with two late 1970's beautiful classic Minimalist compositions for large and small ensamble, plus one for solo violin from 1967. Essential Minimalism.
Tehillim (LP)
Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1982 LP with the 1981 composition developing from Minimalist origins into a new personal style. With insert.
The Desert Music (LP)
Original German edition of the 1985 LP on Nonesuch of the 1983 pulsing cantata for voices and orchestra.