Musica Elettronica Viva:Sound Pool ORIG Rzewski+Curran+

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Musica Elettronica Viva [MEV]: The Sound Pool



BYG Actuel 529 326 France 1969 LP Vinyl: vg+ (light scuffs, plays well with minor surface noise)
Cover: vg+ (stamp on front, 2" split at center of spine) Mega-rare original pressing (not the recent reissue) gatefold album by this legendary live electronic improv collective featuring Frederic and Nicole Rzewski, Alvin Curran, Richard Teitelbaum, Constance Abernathy, Michael Asso, Michael Blake, Barbara Bryant, Franco Cataldi, Ivan and Patricia Coaquelte, Chaia Gerstein, Jeff Levine, Jean-Marie Poiret, "and the audience." This stunning live recording combines electronic, instrumental, and vocal free noise with occasional field recording snippets to create a unique experimental sound-world in the form of an extended drone, suggesting some kind of primitive tribal ritual and truly unlike anything else ever recorded!

Rzewski is best known as the co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV) with Alvin Curran, Allan Bryant, and Richard Teitelbaum, and as a member of Gruppe Nuova Consonanza (Il Gruppo) along with Franco Evangelisti, Mario Bertoncini, John Heineman, Larry Austin, John Eaton, Ennio Morricone, Egisto Macchi, Aldo Clementi, and Roland Kayn; he studied under Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Elliott Carter, and as a pianist he is also a renowned performer of avant garde works by John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Christian Wolff, Anthony Braxton, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Curran studied under Elliott Carter and plays piano and trombone. Teitelbaum studied with Luigi Nono and Goffredo Petrassi and was the first to bring the Moog Synthesizer to Europe; he also worked with Anthony Braxton, Leroy Jenkins, Andrew Cyrille, Derek Bailey, Barre Phillips, and Luc Houtkamp. Other references: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Charlemagne Palestine, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Borbetomagus, Sun-Ra, New Phonic Art, Michel Portal, Peter Brotzmann, FMP, AMM, Eddie Prevost, Lou Gare, Keith Rowe, Otomo Yoshihide, Gordon Mumma, Alvin Lucier, David Behrman, Sonic Arts Union, John Zorn, Merzbow... Check out my other auctions this week for more Rzewski, avant garde, experimental, early electronic, electroacoustic, synthesizer, free improv, 20th century classical, microtonal, space-age pop, psych, weird spoken word, field recordings, and sound effects records. Shipping - US shipping is 4.20 for 1-2 single records by Media Mail, then 0.50 for each additional (Priority Mail, other expedited shipping options, and insurance are all available on request). International shipping for 1 12" lp to Western Europe/UK/Scandinavia is 8.00 surface or 13.00 air; to Japan/Taiwan/Australia is 8.00 surface or 14.50 air; to Canada by air is 7.00; other international destinations vary. 7" and 10" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Combine multiple items to save on shipping. Note: I can now offer international buyers the super-cheap M-Bag bulk mail rate for orders of 8 or more lps; to most destinations this starts at 21.50 for surface mail or 33.50 for air for up to 17 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I prefer Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment) and also accept cash, money order (from US financial institutions only, including BidPay, US Postal, certified US bank check, etc., international bidders please take note!), and Western Union money transfer. If you are paying by Paypal and have won multiple items, please use a single Paypal payment. I will send an invoice email to all winners shortly after my auctions close, and another email after payment has been received to confirm item shipment. Packing - I pack professionally using new record mailers exclusively from Cameron Packaging (which I have determined are the best and most protective). For used lps, I remove the lp and inserts from the jacket, cover it in a layer of bubble wrap, and then reinforce it with a cardboard insert. All records are shipped with poly plastic sleeves. All packages are completely sealed with strong packing tape covering all openings. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (need more info, want more pictures, etc.); you can use the 'ask seller a question' link above. My condition rating scale is -G+/-VG+/-EX+/-NM/M (only sealed records are M). Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Check out Ebay[track], my free realtime ebay auction tracker (currently in beta), which can refresh multiple auction statuses every second, alert you when bids are placed and when auctions end, let you place bids, and more. It's a useful tool for bidders, snipers, sellers, watchers... This item description is (c)opyright 2006 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.