Album:
The Works
Format:
Year:
2021
Detail:
First vinyl reissue of this experimental masterpiece after 41 years!
The Works -- one of the most famous pieces by brilliant American composer Alvin Curran -- was not created by will and direct purpose but, as the composer himself states, as a "providential accident" which is to say quite organically. Combining piano and voice with found sound and a custom-built Serge modular synthesizer, The Works is a slowly developing piece where space and ambient tape are eventually overtaken by raga-esque chanting and frenetic piano playing, where synthesizer washes become full-on workouts all leading to a coda where the listener is "finally carried off on the wheels of the Berlin U-Bahn."
Condition:
SEALED
Sound file:
€ 22
but +21% VAT in the EU:
€ 26.62