Monday, November 15, 2010

the soloists represent the stones of the garden, the accompaniment the raked sand

john cage - ryoanji - hat art - 1996

composed 1983-1985

double bass - robert black
flute - eberhard blum
trombone - iven hausmann
oboe - gudrun reschke
voice - john patrick thomas
percussion - jan williams




Sunday, April 18, 2010

the landscape it leads through

herbert distel - die reise - hat art - 1988


radiophonic work in four parts, created 1984-1985.
premiered on radio drs 2 berne/switzerland on june 5, 1985.
basictrack recorded by herbert distel in 1984 on a train ride zurich-berne.
cicadas recorded 1984 in toscany/italy. additional recording by gil distel.
guitar and african piano by felix hochuli. vocal by pietrina cavazzini.

(sold this and la stazione so long ago to make rent, was happy to find both for $7-8 each yesterday on record store day, so important to the history of what french historian henri le minerve coined the "après-satie continuum")

Sunday, January 24, 2010

via memory

der lauf der dinge - 1987