Petr Kotik - The Plains at Gordium

Digital

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Talujon 2000s 2020s Percussion First Release

Description

The Plains at Gordium is a work by Petr Kotik, whose pioneering work as founder and leader of the S.E.M. Ensemble has been a stalwart champion of the Avant-Garde from its inception, at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY/Buffalo, in 1970 to present day.

Well-loved recordings by the S.E.M. Ensemble (Julius Eastman: Femenine, The Entire Musical Work of Marcel Duchamp, Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston) are easy to find. That has not been the case for Kotik's own music. This beautiful recording of a relatively recent work by Kotik provides a beguiling, labyrinthian entry into Kotik's own musical vision.

Liner Notes

"The Plains at Gordium", Notes by Petr Kotik

September 03, 2021

Track List

DIGITAL TRACK LIST

The Plains at Gordium (54:02)

℗ 2004 Srajer Publishers (ASCAP)

Credits

Talujon is Ian Antonio, David Cossin, Matthew Gold, Tom Kolor, Michael Lipsey, Matt Ward
Recorded May 2018
Engineered and Mixed by David Cossin
Digital Mastering by Rob Friedman at littlelife studio
Vinyl Master and Cut by Lupo

Cover image: Jan Kotík "Plocha III" (1964, oil on canvas), private collection, New York, Photo by Kevin Noble
Design by Robert Beatty

Press

Over 54 minutes the rhythmic emphasis tilts, shuffles and slants in a manner that is strangely compelling, despite the duration and skeletal form of this piece. Had Sun Ra and his Arkestra descended into the middle of The Plains At Gordium they would undoubtedly have settled in and kept step, finding themselves on congenial terrain.

The Wire