Analogue Smoque

Al Margolis (Performer, Composer), Mike Silverton (Performer, Composer), Tom Hamilton (Performer, Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Al Margolis, Mike Silverton, Tom Hamilton
• Composer: Al Margolis, Mike Silverton, Tom Hamilton
• Audio CD (May 19, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Pogus
• ASIN: B00009R5VO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,096,268 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. A rift in the ceiling

2. A keyhole for peeking

3. Laundering butt floss

4. Asbestos abatement

5. Fire and ice and a reliable chronometer

6. The enchanted kielbasa

7. Yanking anchors

8. Exchanging anvils

Disc: 2

1. The clouds, to whom do they belong

2. He can't take you with him

3. A cozy place by the crevasse

4. If a tree falls on a conscript

5. Five, alive and thriving

6. But absent a spleen

7. Terminal euphoria

Editorial Reviews

"Analogue Smoque's deportment owes much to Dada, which positions it some 85 years late for lunch. The work's disjunct, shard-like character looks in significant measure to the manner in which it came together as a pastiche of youthful bits." Mike Silverton

A truly surrealistic pillow of a text/sound work, Analogue Smoque combinates poet and La Folia honcho Mike Silverton’s epic poe(m) (with Mike recitating) and the sounds (both electronic and not) of Tom Hamilton and Al Margolis. Sounds combine and contrast, highlight and ignore, as Silverton’s opus unfolds in all its glory.

Mike Silverton will only say that "At first blush, the alert listener detects a link between Analogue Smoque and Madam Blavatsky. The magi demur. Rather, they say, the text reveals its author's interest in cryptorchidistics, i.e., states of non-descent." Tom Hamilton has composed and performed electronic music for over 30 years. Rather than addressing traditional modes of presentation and observation, Hamilton prefers to explore interaction and simultaneity as aspects of "present-time listening" on both the performers' and listeners' parts. Al Margolis has been working with electronics/sounds since New Year’s Day 1984. His work can best be described as "sound fingerpainting."