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.
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.
Sextet / Six Marimbas (LP)
Original German edition of the 1987 LP on Nonesuch with two excellent phasing compositions for percussion (plus piano and synthesizer on one) from the mid 1980's.
Drumming (LP)
Original European edition of the 1987 LP on Elektra Nonesuch with a new recording of the classic Minimalist composition from 1971 inspired by Ghana's drumming and Indonesia's gamelan.
Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint (LP)
Rare original US edition of the 1989 LP on Elektra Nonesuch with the collaborations with the Kronos Quartet and guitarist Pat Metheny for two compositions for instruments and tape. With insert.
Corn Alone
This is my ode to corn in 3 parts, all featuring corn as corn himself. There are 6 pieces composed for 7 handmade instruments, made entirely out of different parts of corn, with some thread and wood glue as well. There is a cornfield recording, taken on a day they were harvesting just under a mile or so away. And there is a musique concrete type of piece featuring field recordings and the instruments.
This album was made during my residency at Art Farm in Marquette, Nebraska, surrounded by infin…
Pas de la Demi-Lune
"Halfway between the Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox falls the pagan Lughnasadh festival marking the beginning of the harvest season in Ireland. Pas de la Demi-Lune was originally composed and performed for this festival in a celebration event organized by Phelim Ó Laoghaire. For that occasion, Dylan performed the piece in the river crossing leading to the Brennanstown Dolmen in Co. Dublin, a megalith portal tomb estimated to have been erected sometime in 4000-2500 BC. They chose to record in…
Lights shimmered like whispers in the depths of the trees
Textures of belonging, relentlessly woven into the epigenetics, layer upon layer, building palimpsests of human existence that are both fragile and resilient, with nothing but a wobbly strand of DNA. The way our grandparents' experiences spill across our systems, the way their grandparents’ experiences formed them in the first place, like a busy cityscape humming in the background, keeping the flow, making things operate, and despite their physical peril, hearts still flicker and divulge poetry …
Live at Somewhere
"I call it ‘the Shadow Pattern Vignette’. A fragmentary and pleasingly non-discriminatory exercise in audio capture which, when sequenced, compiled or arranged alongside other such vignettes, leads to the finished work of Nate Ivanco’s Shadow Pattern. You can reach into the hermetic depths of his Hamilton Tapes micro label, recent transatlantic appearances via Infant Tree, Chocolate Monk or adhuman, or indeed, this new LP ‘Live at Somewhere’ and find the Shadow Pattern Vignette. Forever in evide…