Early Minimalism, Vol. 1 [BOX SET] [ENHANCED]

Alexandria Gelencser (Performer), Jan Tilman Schade (Performer), Matt Bauer (Performer), Tony Conrad (Composer), Jim O'Rourke (Performer), Lutz Wernicke (Performer), Tony Conrad (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Alexandria Gelencser, Jan Tilman Schade, Matt Bauer, Jim O'Rourke, Lutz Wernicke, et al.
• Composer: Tony Conrad
• Audio CD (November 18, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Enhanced
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Table of Elements
• ASIN: B000062YAG
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #282,624 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "lost" piece of Minimalist music, December 10, 2002

By	gone daddy gone - See all my reviews

Ignore the other three c.d.'s. They're cool, the videos are great (especially "flicker") but the point here is "four violins" recorded while Tony Conrad was still a member of the original Dream syndicate/theatre of eternal music, which is exceeded only by John Cage, Monk and Ellington in terms of influence on twentieth century american art music (primarily through a little rock band Conrad,Cale and Maclise formed after they left La Monte Young with some kids named Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison. Called themselves "the Velvet Underground". Maybe you've heard of them). It is an excellent piece of music, that before the current findings was along with the first two Velvets records (and that white album dream syndicate radio bootleg) the only way to get a general idea of how they sounded without taking Terry Riley's word for it (and they sounded nothing like "a rainbow in curved air"). Violin with guitar strings, played through guitar amps, layers of distortion, at times the timbres resemble accordions or bagpipes, all in those modes he's so crazy about that he seems to think are pre- pythagorean. One of the great compositions/recordings of minimal music, makes the entire recorded output of Phillip Glass and most of Reich sound like Mannaheim Steamroller.

2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A legend in the making, September 2, 2007

By	Starry Vere (Silver Lake OH USA) - See all my reviews

Hey man, don't sell Tony Conrad short. He not only founded minimalism and the Velvet Underground, he invented LSD and microwave popcorn, wrote the script for the pilot episode of Gilligan's Island and, though this is little known, was at one time the Fifth Beatle and wrote all the material for their first two albums.