New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music-1977 [Original recording remastered]

Johanna M. Beyer (Composer), Annea Lockwood (Composer), Pauline Oliveros (Composer), Laurie Spiegel (Composer), Megan Roberts (Composer), Ruth Anderson (Composer), Laurie Anderson (Composer), Electric Weasel Ensemble (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Electric Weasel Ensemble
• Composer: Johanna M. Beyer, Annea Lockwood, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Spiegel, Megan Roberts, et al.
• Audio CD (November 1, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: New World Records
• ASIN: B000IZJGDY
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #98 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Electronic > Computer

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for fans of Oliveros, Spiegel or both, May 5, 2008

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M. Derby "drone45" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music-1977 (Audio CD)

If you enjoy Pauline Oliveros' "Bye Bye Butterfly", you will also appreciate her CD called Electronic Works. There's some redundancy, because BBB appears on both discs. Although that composition is (in my opinion) the finest of its kind, the other collection is still worth seeking, as it includes two other lengthy pieces from the mid-'60s. Along with Alien Bog/Beautiful Soop, these are essential documents of Oliveros' early period.

The nature of these experiments may surprise you, however, if you have heard only Oliveros' post-Deep Listening works, i.e. based primarily on accordion and a delay system. Similar in concept to Terry Riley's use of soprano sax in solo (or small ensemble) arrangements. But not the same aesthetic or attitude. Sorry to be vague; in order to understand, you really must hear them.

If you're already a fan of Laurie Spiegel, Appalachian Grove will arrive as something akin to a once-lost artifact: relative to other, more-widely-available recordings. I recommend the anthology The Virtuoso in the Computer Age-III, which includes Spiegel's Cavis Muris, in five movements totalling approximately 22 minutes. That collection also features Joan La Barbara, Larry Austin and Stephen Travis Pope.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Groundbreaking Then a Classic!!!, November 30, 2006

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Jokie X Wilson "jokiex" (San Francisco, California United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media: Women In Electronic Music-1977 (Audio CD)

I grew up with this when it was an LP and my copy is so worn from repeated plays that I doubt I'll get a dime for it at the used record store. It merits being heard again and again as it is so interesting and unusual as a collection of electronic music. I am so glad it is on CD and digitally remastered. The sound is excellent! If you listen with headphones, there is minor tape hiss, but you only hear it during the quiet parts and it doesn't come across when you listen with regular speakers.

I got this originally because I was a Laurie Anderson fan. This is the only available recording of her studio versions of "New York Social Life" and "Time to Go." But all of the music is excellent. One of my favorites is "Appalachian Grove 1 (1974)" by Laurie Spiegel, an intense and melodic piece. None of the pieces sound particularly mechanical. It is both entertaining and good to chill or meditate to. It is intelligent and relaxing all at once. There is something spiritually uplifting about it as well. Have fun!