Reissue of 8 pieces from 1971 to 1992, mainly tape collage, using instrumental (including disco dance music or rock music), vocal, and concrete sounds. "In Other Words..." features the voice of John Cage. Noah Creshevsky is a Julliard-educated composer with a sense of humor and fine taste in vests.
"Since studying with Boulanger in Paris and with Berio at Juilliard, New York avant-garde-ist Noah Creshevsky has been director of the Center for Computer Music, professor of music at Brooklyn College and taught at Juilliard, Hunter College and Princeton University. A thirty year career in electronics / tape manipulation has, in the main, centred on two working concepts: 'Hyperrealism' in which oft-ignored minutiae is magnified to unimagined levels, and the electronic simulation of acoustic instruments are 'performed' way beyond human capabilities, like piano roll absurdist Conlon Nancarrow with knobs on. He received warm applause from 'Village Voice', 'Gramophone', 'Fanfare' and 'American Record Guide', but there were distinctly less ripples reaching European shores. This could've been due to releases on 'Opus One' (Noah's label) being a mite difficult to obtain over the pond. In fact, I recently noticed a letter posted on the internet desperately asking for information on how to score some Creshevsky vinyl. Well, if the seeker doesn't have a total aversion to the little silver disc, his quest could well be over. EM Records of Japan have collated eight of Noah's compositions that first appeared on shared albums with the likes of Anne LeBaron, David Mott and Max Shubel. The exception being 'Cantigna' which, as far as I can gather, is unreleased - until now.