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Dolmen Music

Meredith Monk (Artist) Format: Audio CD
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Gotham Lullaby
2 Travelling
3 The Tale - Meredith Monk/Collin Walcott/Steve Lockwood
4 Biography
5 Dolmen Music: Dolmen Music: Overture and Men's Conclave - Wa-Ohs - Rain - Pine Tree Lullaby - Calls - Conclusion - Meredith Monk/Andrea Goodman/Monica Solem/Julius Eastman/Robert Een/Paul Langland

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Recorded 1980-1 Personnel: Meredith Monk - (voice, piano), Collin Walcott - (percussion, violin), Steve Lockwood - (piano), Andrea Goodman, Monika Solem, Paul Langland - (voice), Robert Een - (voice, cello), Julius Eastman - (percussion, voice)

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 5 x 0.39 inches; 3.46 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ECM Records
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 042282545923
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2000
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 4, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ ECM Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000261O9
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars weird
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011
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This music is weird stuff, unusual singing and music. Its nice that way. Some of the songs can make me laugh since they sound funny and playful, and then some sound very sad and deeply moving. It took me a while to like this music since at first it sounded so weird. Now I can see that it is great music and that I was just not used to this. Its probably better than anything on the radio in fact.
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E. Welch
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but goodie
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2007
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I have owned this on vinyl for over twenty years. I love this collection of songs, from "Lullaby" to the "Wa Ohs" to the "Men's Conclave", it's all so seamless and intertwined.
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Allan MacInnis
4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating disc
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2000
This CD includes one of Monk's few "songs" (with lyrics) -- "The Tale" -- which is a quirky, funny little piece -- and the 20 min title track, which was also titled at one point "Stonehenge," I gather. Both of these are extremely strong cuts and worth listening to. My favorite Monk CD is BOOK OF DAYS, also transplanting us to some imaginary past; my second favorite is FACING NORTH, which, recorded in Banff, explores the feel of the arctic. Third on the list is DOLMEN MUSIC. Only serious devotees need proceed further, though DO YOU BE has some good moments, too (but is out-of-print, I think).
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jt52
5.0 out of 5 stars “Dolmen Music” is the attraction here -- and it’s quite an attraction
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2017
Years ago, I remember reading in William McNeil’s “The Rise of the West” about the Neolithic seafarers who built many monuments from huge rocks named dolmens. Their culture spanned from about 7000 BC to 1000 BC on the shores of western Europe and the British Isles and through Eurasia. Stonehenge is the most famous of these sites, but there are literally hundreds of them scattered across Spain, France, Britain and Ireland, some in states of disrepair and some retaining their construction. The largest such site appears to be on the Algerian shore, a necropolis named Roknia with about 7,000 (!) dolmens spread across the site. The large stones named megaliths built into dolmens, which are interpreted as tombs, so the sites are connected to death, the afterlife and by extension religious rituals.

Meredith Monk attempts to recreate the rituals of the dolmen culture in her 1979 opus, “Dolmen Music.” This work represents one of her most sophisticated efforts, creatively using the extended vocal techniques she has developed. The 6 voices presents a series of sections, often in canon form, voices joining one after another, accompanied by percussion and cello. The canons often layer on different vocal techniques over one another, so they are canons of vocal color rather than melody. The piece is often spectacular and I think represents a brilliant and very successful imaginative leap into prehistory. It may be Monk’s single most impressive composition.

The other music included on the disc is less successful. Monk is a dazzling inventor and exponent of extended vocal techniques. Her issues is that she doesn’t always devote the same amount of effort to her music’s structure and the instrumental accompaniment. A song like “Biography”, from her opera “Education of the Girlchild” (1973) displays that weakness, with some interesting vocalizations superimposed over an ostinato accompaniment. At its best, it can be witty like in the short, charming and humorous “The Tale,” (also from “Education of the Girlchild”), a girlish singsong which always brings a smile to my face. But often this songwriting is too simple to retain my interest. That’s one of the reasons why “Dolmen Music” is just so terrific – the wonderful singing from Monk and her ensemble, and the expertly contrived vocal sounds blending into a pretty sophisticated and ambitious musical structure all with an overriding purpose of re-creating, as far as it is possible, the ritual and music of the Neolithic dolmen culture.

Besides the excellent performance from Monk and her collaborators, it’s worth mentioning that the disc benefits from outstanding sound engineering. I listened to it on a high-end system and it sounds absolutely terrific.

Recommended for “Dolmen Music,” a wonderful and intriguing experience which shows off well all of Monk’s musical qualities.
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N. Seggerman
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful fresh
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012
I saw Dolmen music performed many many years ago at LaMama in NYC. I have owned the vinyl record for about as many years and I love this music. Great to listen at night with the lights out, or on the porch watching lightening bugs dance. I have listened to Dolman music more than to the other side but I am a fan of Meredith Monk also owning Key and having listened to Turtle Dreams a lot which I have on cassette tape--would like to have both of these on CD now. This is really worth adding to your collection when you are tired of all the usual stuff and want to hear with fresh ears. I think this is surely one of Meredith's best albums.
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Peter Uys
5.0 out of 5 stars STRANGE DIMENSIONS OF THE HUMAN VOICE
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2002
To quote Meredith Monk: "The voice is a language, a world of continuing discoveries." She uses her voice to sing, moan, yodel, squeal, whisper and gurgle, at the same time conjuring up a panoply of characters, from elderly women and precocious children to shrieking ghosts and chanting priests. With the exception of The Tale, she does this on Dolmen Music without words, restricting herself to swooping vocalisation, inventive phonemes and ritualistic incantations. The Tale starts off with a child's weird laughter and vocal contortions and then proceeds into some weird lyrics over shattering glass and car horns. The long piece Dolmen Music that concludes the album, sounds very gothic and medieval with interweaving male and female voices. There is very little to compare Monk's work with - perhaps the closest would be some of the works of Diamanda Galas or Tibetan overtone chanting. All in all, a very unusual album that takes to human voice to places it's never been before.
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lvdh
5.0 out of 5 stars archaeology of the future
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2004
Of everything Ms. Monk has recorded, this is to my opinion the very best. Despite all the emphasis on Dolmen Music, don't forget about the other four songs on the album, they're precious! Musically truly amazing and - yes - spiritually moving, the title track can be best decribed as a form of musical archaeology, gradually uncovering some sort of future community. This might sound vague, and the association might be entirely personal, being both a musician and an archaeologist myself. But listen to this incredible work of art, and you will never listen to the human voice in the same way again.
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Nicolò De Lucia
5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly important album
Reviewed in Italy on November 10, 2024
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I don't listen to this often, but you have to recognize how important it is
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantástico
Reviewed in Spain on March 16, 2018
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El mejor disco de Meredith Monk sin dudas. Música para relajarse e imaginar. Dar rienda suelta a nuestra mente. Atmósferas muy bien logradas. Una obra maestra.
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Carol Yellowley
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2015
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Great
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entrez dans le reve
5.0 out of 5 stars Dolmen Music / Meredith Monk -1981-
Reviewed in France on February 29, 2012
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De sa très longue carrière, on retiendra de Meredith monk trois disques majeurs: "Dolmen Music"; "Book of days" et "volcano songs" ( ma hiérarchie personnelle cite "Turtle dreams" en 2e position!).
Auteur, compositeur, interprète, chorégraphe, danseuse, cinéaste, enseignante... ses talents sont reconnus dans tous les domaines de la création contemporaine.
Injustement associée aux compositeurs minimalistes, cette défricheuse aura su exploiter des possibilités inexplorées du chant et de la voix. A l'aube de ses 70 ans,son travail est enfin reconnu comme majeur et on enseigne désormais la vie et l'œuvre de Meredith Monk dans les plus prestigieuses écoles de musique du monde.

-Dolmen Music:
Dès les premières notes, l'auditeur est séduit par la voix de l'artiste, en solo d'abord, soutenue par un piano onirique et sa mélodie jouée note-à-note: un simple accord de la main gauche donne naissance au thème mélodique, qui s'étend ensuite comme des ronds d'eau ...la voix, tel un oiseau, virevolte au dessus de ces notes .
Puis ce disque vous prend tout entier: magnétisme tellurique de voix incantatoires, tribales, balayant d'un revers de manche toute résistance, toute idée reçue sur ce que nous pensions être la musique contemporaine.

Merci à Bjork d'avoir repris "Gotham Lullaby" et de faire découvrir cette artiste à un public plus large...

Écoute Vinyle contre CD: CD vainqueur.
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kurtigghiu
5.0 out of 5 stars il secondo album che non può mancare
Reviewed in Italy on May 30, 2020
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questo, insieme a "Do you be" secondo me, sono i due album che non possono mancare per apprezzare in pieno questa artista. Per chi non conoscesse Meredith Monk consiglio di ascoltare almeno 3 volte il disco prima di giudicarlo definitivamente. La prima volta c'è l'effetto sorpresa... magari ti infastidisci e lo criticherai sicuramente, la seconda volta comincerai ad entrare nel mondo di Meredit e la terza volta avrai capito che l'adori e che non potrai più farne a meno.
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