a r t i s t : Yoshi Wada
t i t l e : The Appointed Cloud
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : EM (EM1076CD)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : May/2008
t r a c k s : 01
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 78,8 MB
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This CD is the first-ever release of an extraordinary 1987 New
York City performance. Recorded at the Great Hall of the New
York Hall of Science, this majestic recording captures the 60
-minute opening performance of Yoshi Wada's interactive sound
installation "The Appointed Cloud", which consisted of a self
-made 80-pipe organ, a pipe gong, sirens and a massive
suspended metal sheet, all triggered by a computer program
designed by David Rayna, who assisted La Monte Young in his
electronic work and performances in 1980s. The CD also
features Wada, Bob Drombowski and Wayne Hankin on bagpipes,
plus Michael Pugliese, who ever worked with David Tudor for
Merce Cunningham's dance company, on percussion.
Dramatically structured, shifting and intense, "The Appointed
Cloud" features massive low frequencies and regal percussion
vying with the ululations of bagpipes, all resounding in the
huge reverberant space of the Great Hall with its 24-meter
ceiling.
This CD, the second Yoshi Wada release as the joint production
on EM Records and Omega Point (the first being the 2007
reissue of the 1982 "Lament For The Rise And Fall Of The
Elephantine Crocodile"), is sure to delight all who enjoy
drones, dynamics and drama.
Composition by Yoshi Wada
Performed and recorded at the Great Hall of the New York Hall
of Science, New York on November 8, 1987
Duration: 60 minutes
Sound installation instruments: pipe organ, suspended metal
sheet, siren, pipe gong, etc provided by Yoshi Wada
Computer interface engineering and software: David Rayna
Bagpipes: Bob Dombrowski, Wayne Hankin, Yoshi Wada
Tympani and Tam Tam: Michael Pugliese
Recorded by John Driscoll
Digitally transferred from original tape by Tashi Wada
CD mastered by Koichi Hara at Magic Hour Studio, Osaka
Issued under license from Yoshi Wada
Special thanks:
To John Driscoll and David Rayna, who made this performance
possible, to Peter and Barbara Moore/VAGA and Paula
Mazzotta/VAGA for permission to use CD front cover photo,
to Marilyn Bogerd for sound installation photo,
to Tashi Wada and Tim Olive for helping with English liner
notes.
http://www.emrecords.net/records/00091.html
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01-The Appointed Cloud [60:23]
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60:23 min