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4.0 out of 5 stars
early computer works, August 28, 2003
This review is from: James Tenney: Selected Works, 1961-1969 (Audio CD)
Usually anything by James Tenney would get a 5 star, but this CD is early computer works, most of them Cage influenced aleatoric noise studies based around a dichotomy between highly pitched tones and bands of white noise, or tape pieces. Analog #1: Noise Study is my favorite of these, being influenced by the sounds heard while driving through a tunnel. The contrasting last track, his last computer piece, For Ann (rising) is my favorite part of the disc. It's a minimal piece based around the Shepard tone phenomena, up to twelve slightly unevenly spaced rising tones fade in and out of volume, creating the sensation of an ever rising line, yet at the same time the high number of tones makes it impossible to follow and a glistening sheen is created by the consequent disjointedness.
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