John Cage Meets Sun Ra (1987)
So...I'm done downloading from Live Music Archives for the weekend and decide to get all intellectual and go visit UBU Web.
A great site full of poets...readings....poets reading...and....
John Cage Meets Sun Ra!!!!
A complete album from 1987 and recorded June 8th, 1986 at the "Sideshows by the Seashore: Coney Island, NY".
What to expect with these 2
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musicians?
let's see...sounds like a flute...bells...a synth?...chimes!?
some nice conversation between the 2...
hello sun...hello john
nice day...yes it is
wanna freak people out?...sure.
oh oh..john's in a trance!!!!
hey...where did everybody go?? hello? hello? um...hello?
all i hear is a crackle...
WAIT
this is john fucking cage...
this IS the song!!!
oh...he came back!!!
hi john! where's sun?
this sounds like a sad sound poem about aging...* sigh *
i hear ya john
...damn he's gone again.
what?!
there's a crowd??
the most polite crowd...EVER!!
now it's....beautiful.
and the first side ends
and the second begins
ominous
then...silence...
getting their shit together?
oh, hi john
as i listen...
i understand...
the value of silence...
they applaud the silence
...a great crowd!!
now they're rockin'!
intensity
interactions
entwined genius
what???
it's done!!!!
way too fast!!
This is a great listen, and can be downloaded from UBU Web...
great wild shit...
Verdict: worth the download
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2 comments:
Ubu Web is amazing.
I am now listening to the two Mauricio Kagel noise concertos from 1968 and 1971: Der Schall and Acustica.
Gordon Mumma is over there.
And conversations betweeen Johnny Cage and Morty Feldman.
I have to check out those Mauricio Kagel concertos. Sounds very interesting.
I first went to Ubu Web for the poetry readings, but there's so much more! Awesome site.
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