"Real Life and The Movies: Volume 1" Liner Notes by "Blue" Gene Tyranny June 8, 2024SIDE ONE 1. Theme Music for Sally Kellman's "I Was A Teenage Assassin for the C.I.A." She was his translator. She was to be his poisoner. But she changed her...
"Lips" Liner Notes by Tim Rutherford-Johnson May 5, 2024All artists are influenced to some extent by their environment. Daniel Lentz certainly is—and he includes in this not only the landscape but also the peoples, cultures, and sounds of...
“Vanishing Points / A Cappella” Liner Notes by Tim Rutherford Johnson and John McGuire September 21, 2023Beth Griffith and John McGuire duringthe recording of A Cappella. Photography by Johanna Gunkel. In his “Pulse Music” compositions of the mid-1970s—108 Pulses, Pulse Music I, and Pulse Music III for...
“My Strong Will” Liner Notes by Girma Yifrashewa September 1, 2023Girma Yifrashewa describes the histories and inspiration behind the music of My Strong Will.
Notes on Carl Stone "Electronic Music from 1972-2022" August 4, 2023Contributions from Jace Clayton, Ed McKeon, and Carl Stone
Daytime Viewing Lyrics June 8, 2023Lyrics by Jacqueline Humbert, plus David Rosenboom's photos of Humbert in her own costume creations for Daytime Viewing live performances.
Dickie Landry & Lawrence Weiner, "Having Been Built on Sand", Liner notes by Clifford Allen October 6, 2022(1) The artist may construct the piece.(2) The piece may be fabricated.(3) The piece need not be built. Each being equal and content with the intent of artist, the decision...
Dickie Landry, "4 Cuts from 'A First Quarter'”, Liner notes by Clifford Allen October 6, 2022At some point he was working on A First Quarter and wanted me to do the music. I said ‘I already have the music.’ He said ‘what do you mean?’...
Dickie Landry “Solos”, Liner notes by Clifford Allen October 6, 2022On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert.
Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker "Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d'amore", Notes, Lyrics and Translations June 10, 2022Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker share context and translations for lyrics.
John McGuire "Pulse Music", Liner notes and Interview February 10, 2022Tim Rutherford-Johnson interviews John McGuire about his Pulse Music series and Paul V. Miller discusses its unique place in musical history.
"The Plains at Gordium", Notes by Petr Kotik September 3, 2021"In the summer of 2004, many issues I was facing seemed mysterious and unsolvable."
"Degrees of Freedom Found", Notes by "Blue" Gene Tyranny June 18, 2021"This box set is dedicated to my friend, Jonathan Doff, who has kept me thoughtful and light–hearted all these years."
"See the Welter", Score and Notes by James Rushford October 16, 2020The seven pages of See The Welter in score form, with notes by the composer.
Federico Mompou: Música Callada / James Rushford: See the Welter, Liner Notes by Tim-Rutherford Johnson and Michael Pisaro October 16, 2020 "Music is written for the inexpressible, it should seem to come out of the shadow in order to move back into the shadow." - Federico Mompou
Silvia Tarozzi "Mi specchio e rifletto", Lyrics and Translations September 23, 2020Silvia Tarozzi reveals the history of her breakthrough solo album, Mi specchio e rifletto, and provides lyrics and English translations.
Leo Takami interviewed by Yuzo Sakuramoto February 27, 2020Leo Takami discusses his musical roots with Yuzo Sakuramoto.
Michael Vincent Waller "Moments", Liner Notes by Tim Rutherford-Johnson and "Blue" Gene Tyranny October 4, 2019Drawing by Irene Kopelman In essence, the sound of the piano comes in two parts: its attack and its decay. The striking of a hammer is followed by the resonance...
"Himalaya", Notes by Carl Stone September 20, 2019Carl Stone provides background on the pieces for "Himalaya"
"Trust in Rock", An Interview with "Blue" Gene Tyranny and Peter Gordon by Ned Sublette April 21, 201942 years after Trust in Rock, we got together in February 2018 to talk about it.
Leo Svirsky "River Without Banks", Notes by Antoine Beuger November 1, 2018how to begin? no beginning: in-ing, being with-in, be(come)ing, coming to be, to be(g)in, to enter a world of infinitives, of infinite, never ending reverberation: verb-ing again, ever dissolving what...
"EXTREEMIZMS", Notes by Philip Corner, Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker October 12, 2018 "Do you know there’s an American composer who lives here in Reggio Emilia? He knew John Cage. His name is Philip Corner."
Carl Stone "Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties", Notes by Carl Stone, Robin Rimbaud, Tim Rutherford-Johnson July 13, 2018The four pieces by Carl Stone on this recording span a remarkable period in the history of music technology.
A History of "J. Jasmine: My New Music" by Ted Gordon March 2, 2018One might ask of J Jasmine: My New Music: what are you? Actually, not what—which? Which style? Which format? Which history? Which narrative? Which music?
C-Schulz "FRÜHE JAHRE", Notes by Marcus Schmickler August 18, 2017Marcus Schmickler recalls his history producing 10. Hose Horn with C-Schulz and the Cologne scene from which it sprung.
Carl Stone "Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties", Notes by Carl Stone, Jonathan Gold, Richard Gehr, and Marc Weidenbaum September 30, 2016Jonathan Gold, Richard Gehr, and Marc Weidenbaum weigh in alongside Carl Stone on the history behind Stone's 1970s and 80s.
A Verbose Adjunct to "Satie Slowly", by Philip Corner September 30, 2014Information made explicit (words) must be checked against the scores, revealing formal essences.
"Love & Peace", Notes by Girma Yifrashewa July 29, 2014Girma Yifrashewa offers notes on the pieces he performs on "Love & Peace" in both Amharic and English.
"Three Solo Pieces", Notes by Lubomyr Melnyk November 19, 2013Marginal Invitation solo piano, created in New York, October 2012 This is an essay into the essential character of piano playing, with a deeply rooted melodic sense, albeit somewhat subdued...
"The Expanding Universe", Notes by Laurie Spiegel September 18, 2012Laurie Spiegel adds historical context and detailed notes for all pieces. Also includes full text the Laurie Spiegel self-interview featured on the original cover.
Maria Monti "Il bestiario", Lyrics and Translations March 1, 2012Andrea Cernotto provides transcriptions and translations of the lyrics by Aldo Braibanti.
"Detours", Liner notes by "Blue" Gene Tyranny August 19, 2011"Blue" Gene Tyranny describes the inner-life and backgrounds behind the pieces on "Detours".
Dickie Landry – Having Been Built on Sound, by Clifford Allen December 1, 2010Clifford Allen connects the dots between Dickie Landry's fusion of high art and sound.
Elodie Lauten "Piano Works Revisited", Notes by John Schaefer and Elodie Lauten March 10, 2010WNYC's New Sounds host, John Schaefer, revisits his relationship to the piano music of Elodie Lauten, and Elodie Lauten provides her own extensive notes.
Cosmically Hip: The Death of Don Juan, by Kyle Gann March 28, 2008Kyle Gann discusses his revelatory discovery of The Death of Don Juan, from 1986 to present.
Carl Stone "Woo Lae Oak", Notes by Phill Niblock and Alan Rich February 1, 2008Phill Niblock and Alan Rich explore Stone's first record, Woo Lae Oak.
"KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode", Notes by Lubomyr Melnyk September 4, 2007Notes from the original 1979 LP.
"Blue" Gene Tyranny "Out of the Blue", Lyrics and Liner Notes January 2, 2007Lyrics, Liner Notes, and Reminiscences by Patrice Manget, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Peter Gordon, Kathy Morton Austin
"Unseen Worlds", Notes by Laurie Spiegel November 6, 1990"It fell to music … to construct a bridge to the world of the unseen"