a r t i s t : David Cunningham & Yasuaki Shumizu
t i t l e : One Hundred
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Staubgold
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Jan/2009
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 85,5 MB
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"When I'm having a bath I often feel strangely privileged that
I can listen to music on the radio - a century ago I would
have had to have a bigger bathroom and enough money to hire a
string quartet." (David Cunningham)
"He is a truly one and only performer, for power, spirit and
pride. He has the ability to encompass any kind of music."
(Haruomi Hosono about Yasuaki Shimizu)
DAVID CUNNINGHAM is a record producer and musician who makes
installation works based on real-time exploration of
acoustics. His first significant commercial success came with
THE FLYING LIZARDS' single 'Money', an international hit in
1979. Over the years he has worked with with an eclectic range
of people and music, from pop groups (THIS HEAT, MARTIN CREED)
to improvisation (DAVID TOOP, STEVE BERESFORD) to Michael
Nyman's music for Peter Greenaway's films and work with UTE
LEMPER and others.
The installation works have inhabited the 11th Biennale of
Sydney, Tate Britain, ICC Tokyo, Ikon Birmingham and most
recently Carter Presents, London. "I'm interested in what
happens when time, sound and space are explored together.
Inseparable elements, but formal European thought does not
really seem to acknowledge this. (...) I was fascinated by the
sonic vocabulary enabled by the reel-to-reel tape recorder and
its successor technology - tools that could manipulate and
shape sound like nothing else. Most records I intuitively love
involve this sort of treatment - from Elvis Presley's
Heartbreak Hotel to The Ronettes to Terry Riley to Donna
Summer's I Feel Love and so many more."
YASUAKI SHIMIZU, composer, arranger and renowned jazz
saxophonist (who has worked with RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BILL
LASWELL and THE ORB) has been pushing the saxophone to the
limit since the 1970s. Whether as a solo performer, with his
group 'SAXOPHONETTES' or as a composer for film and video
soundtracks (e.g. Peter Greenaway's 'Pillow Book') he has
consistently explored new avenues in an unparalleled musical
career.
"His sax playing is adult, but at the same time almost
childish in it's simplicity. There is no one else like YASUAKI
SHIMUZU." (TOWA TEI)
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01-Cells [04:55]
02-Dots [12:08]
03-Doors [08:06]
04-Corners [07:35]
05-Traces [14:14]
06-Why me? [05:09]
07-Roots [05:51]
08-Lines [07:46]
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65:44 min