Alla ricerca del silenzio perduto - Il treno di John Cage
Included in 160-page, hardcover book with bilingual (Italian/English) 'Any and all sounds are music : the sounds that surround us, whether we are in a concert hall or not...' 'We can begin from this quote by John Cage to unearth the traces of one of …
Orchesterproben Ludwig Van Beethoven 6. Sinfonie
This is a blast! Another of Edition RZ’s great early issues comes up again, presenting pioneering early 20th century conductor and modernist champion Herman Scherchen leading rehearsals for performances of Beethoven’s 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th …
on and on
Despite his long career in sound art, the name John Hudak doesn't appear that often in Vital Weekly, perhaps mainly because releases these days are a bit sparse. Here on 'On And On' we hear him play guitar. Inspired by the black-capped chickadee, whi…
Saskatchewan sound installations
Gordon Monahan conjures up the prairies of Saskatchewan with an impressive series of varied tracks utilising his fascinating installations. The piercing cry of the 'Theremin Pendulum' begins an auditory odyssey that takes us across a soundscape both …
Off the wall
More Yoshi Wada from EM Records! The long-awaited reissue of Wada's 1985 LP Off The Wall, recorded in Berlin and originally released on the esteemed FMP-subsidiary SAJ label. A minimalist yet majestic monsterpiece ("massive," as Tom Johnson decla…
The night walker
A 7 inches album with the two songs that were composed in & for the video work The Night Walker (2008). Here the songs are recorded in studio after the video. 500 copies limited edition signed & numbered. Recorded and performed by Smoke Machine, Lond…
How to Make a Happening
Historic release. Originally released as an LP in 1966 by Mass Art, this is Allen Kaprow, father of The Happening explaining how to do it, and what is - and is not - a Happening. Simple in construction, yet profound in context, How to Make a Happenin…
Goodbye 20th Century
Goodbye 20th Century is a double album of covers of Avant-garde recordings by Sonic Youth and collaborators. SYR4 features works by avant-garde classical composers such as John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Christian Wolff played by Sonic Youth al…
Air Pressure Fluctuations
Here is a CD containing a recording of air pressure fluctuations. When played on ordinary audio equipment, the recorded air pressure fluctuations (technically named infrasound) are reproduced at 360 times the original speed, and thus can be perceived…
Il Giardino Delle Delizie
an awesome 'object' and musically great artists record by Wolf Vostell who was, in the early 1960s, co-founder of the Fluxus movement and produced intermedia actions and installations, then films and extension of the Dé-collage actions into the elect…
Airwaves
An essential double LP anthology of artists' aural work & music in fold-out cover with extensive liner-notes. You can have a look at UBU for an estensive review with audio excerpt. Very rare, still sealed copy
10+2: 12 American Text Sound Pieces
AtRare original copy: a the time of its release in early 1975, unpitched speech was not taken for granted as musical material by composers, nor was there a widespread movement of sound poetry in the U.S. This now-legendary anthology, therefore, was …
The Last LP
this is the rare original The Last LP album issued on Art Metropole, which purported to be a documentary disc of the dying gasps of ethnic musical cultures from around the globe including Tibet, Syria, India, China Brazil, Finland and elsewhere, with…
Live Document
The first release in Omega Point's series, Experimental Music of Japan. This is the live recording of the music performance held at the installation exhibition of Chiharu Shiota in the gallery of Kanagawa Kenmin Hall in Yokohama, Japan in October …
Airport Symphony
Double CD Edition housed in Metal Case** This wonderful Lawrence English-curated compilation documents a number of works commissioned by the Queensland Music Festival in conjunction with Brisbane Airport, calling on the compositional talents of all t…
Wunschkonzerte
This DVD-Audio disc presents Hanne Darboven's 'Wunschkonzerte' (or wish concert), 'Opera 17 A &B' and and 'Opera 18 A & B'. It features Tom Peters on the double bass. Approximately four hours of music!
Atto VII \"Water Music\"
This music was specially composed for the installation 'Incident in the Museum, or Water Music', designed for Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York. The subject of the installation in the following: an exhibition of works by the famous artist Koshelev i…
Rementact
long out of print album by french sound/performance artist, tape manipulator and composer manon anne gillis (or sometimes simply anne gillis) heyday might've been the mid to late '80s, but her recordings stand as important contributions to experiment…
Vogel Musik
Since performing in the late 1960s and through the early '80s as half of the German duo Anima (with Paul Fuchs), Limpe Fuchs continues to explore music-making as a part of everyday life. Her vibrant live performances are numerous and consist of solo …
A Sound Map of the Danube
Annea Lockwood has been recording rivers since 1970, "not to document them, but rather for the special state of mind and body which the sounds of moving water create when one listens intently to the complex mesh of rhythms and pitches."' Lovely Music…