Samples from a new edition of The Guerrilla Art Action Group's only LP, which consists of a live recording of an action carried out on WBAI in January 1970. The participants making up The Guerrilla Art Action Group on this recording were Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, and Jean Toche. They were also joined by Laurin Raiken, a member of the New York Free Theater and Art Workers Coalition. Cover Image © Joanne Hendricks.

Total running time is 43:12 minutes. Published by Primary Information in an edition of 500.

The Guerrilla Art Action Group: Action-Interview at WBAI Radio Station-N.Y.

From the forthcoming LP by Cannibal on Primary Information.

Cannibal is the trio of artists/musicians Cary Loren, Cameron Jamie and Dennis Tyfus. 

Release Date: February 2014

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CANNIBAL: PHANTASM

From Co La's forthcoming LP "Hegemony of Delete" on Primary Information.
Release Date: May 15, 2014
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Co La: BB Burn

Solo Voice I – X is the first LP by C Spencer Yeh devoted entirely to the voice. Deftly sequenced by Yeh, the LP progresses from a series of shorter tracks, each honing in on a particular sound or technique, towards more open-ended territory in which the formal rigor of the opening tracks begin to dissolve, with Yeh’s voice playing off both silence and itself. This is excerpt is selected from two tracks.

SOLO VOICE (Excerpt)

Track V from C Spencer Yeh's Solo Voice I – X.

SOLO VOICE: V

Dieter Roth & Richard Hamilton: Canciones De Cadaques, Side B

"Quadrupel Konzert" was held on February 23, 1977 in the Musik Akademie Basel’s Great Hall. The concert, which ran for 1 hour and 26 minutes, featured Roth playing four instruments: a Hammond organ, the Great Hall’s house organ, a piano, and a French horn. The work is structured around four phases, each approximately 20 minutes in length, in which Roth plays the four instruments while occasionally singing and giving instructions to the sound engineer David Johnson. The first phase was recorded by Johnson and played back for the second phase, allowing Roth to play along, accompanying himself. These steps were repeated for phases three and four, the last of which was followed by a series of encore performances lasting a total of 1 hour and 5 minutes. Both the concert and the encore are included here as well as a 116 minute remix of the concert that Roth later produced but never released. 
For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on 
blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth

Dieter Roth: Quadrupel Konzert (Four Feedback Phases)

“Lorelei” (the Long Distance Sonata) features Dieter Roth on piano along with his children, Vera and Björn. The work is comprised of two parts, 38 cassettes of music and a radio/cassette player that was prepared so that the radio and cassette could only be played simultaneously. "Lorelei" was released in 1978 by Hansjörg Mayer and Audio Arts in an edition of 20, each of which contained 38 cassettes and the prepared radio/cassette player in a hand-painted box. This selection from the edition is culled from the original tapes and the works are missing the accompanying radio playback.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth


Dieter Roth: Lorelei (10), Basel/Stuttgart, April 18/April 21, 1978

“Lorelei” (the Long Distance Sonata) features Dieter Roth on piano along with his children, Vera and Björn. The work is comprised of two parts, 38 cassettes of music and a radio/cassette player that was prepared so that the radio and cassette could only be played simultaneously. "Lorelei" was released in 1978 by Hansjörg Mayer and Audio Arts in an edition of 20, each of which contained 38 cassettes and the prepared radio/cassette player in a hand-painted box. This selection from the edition is culled from the original tapes and the works are missing the accompanying radio playback.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on  
http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth


Dieter Roth: Lorelei (7),  Basel, April 16, 1978

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (6),  Basel, April 11, 1978

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (4), Basel, April 11, 1978

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (2), Stuttgart, April 7/April 9, 1978

“Lorelei” (the Long Distance Sonata) features Dieter Roth on piano along with his children, Vera and Björn. The work is comprised of two parts, 38 cassettes of music and a radio/cassette player that was prepared so that the radio and cassette could only be played simultaneously. "Lorelei" was released in 1978 by Hansjörg Mayer and Audio Arts in an edition of 20, each of which contained 38 cassettes and the prepared radio/cassette player in a hand-painted box. This selection from the edition is culled from the original tapes and the works are missing the accompanying radio playback.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 
© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth.

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (3), Basel, April 11, 1978

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (5), Basel, April 11, 1978

First published in 1981 by Audio Arts in an edition of 5, “Harmonica Curse” was comprised of 74 double-sided C60 cassettes, housed in a double-lock, hand-painted briefcase. Each cassette came with a unique polaroid and featured two 30-minute tracks, recorded between February 14 and August 7 and featuring Roth improvising on his red concertina.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth


Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (01B), February 14/February 15, 1981

Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (01A), February 14/February 15, 1981

Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (20A), April 5/April 6, 1981

RÊVE PARISIEN features four new Rhys Chatham compositions that were performed live at Kassay's exhibition at Art: Concept in Paris in 2010, and loosely functions as an audio catalogue to the exhibition.

RÊVE PARISIEN contains compositions that were both performed live and used as a soundtrack through Kassay’s exhibition. These compositions mark a change in direction for Chatham, who has abandoned the trumpet style he developed in the nineties for a non-distorted, less effects-driven sound that compliments his minimalist compositions and his free jazz training. The LP is packaged in a stunning gatefold with an arced die-cut cover, which was designed by Jacob Kassay in collaboration with Frank Napolski.

Rhys Chatham- Un chanson si vieille

First published in 1981 by Audio Arts in an edition of 5, “Harmonica Curse” was comprised of 74 double-sided C60 cassettes, housed in a hand-painted briefcase. Each cassette came with a unique polaroid and featured two 30-minute tracks, of Roth improvising on his red concertina. The entire edition was recorded between February 14 and August 7, 1981.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth

Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (46A), June 2/June 4, 1981

Dieter Roth: Lorelei (1), Stuttgart, April 7, 1978

Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (45B), May 31/June 1, 1981

First published in 1981 by Audio Arts in an edition of 5, “Harmonica Curse” was comprised of 74 double-sided C60 cassettes, housed in a hand-painted briefcase. Each cassette came with a unique polaroid and featured two 30-minute tracks, of Roth improvising on his red concertina. The entire edition was recorded between February 14 and August 7, 1981.

For more information on Dieter Roth or Primary Information, please visit www.primaryinformation.org. These recordings were originally presented on http://blogs.fhnw.ch/dieterrothmusic/publikation/ 

Special thanks to Michel Roth and Meike Olbrich for their help in collecting these works and to the Dieter Roth Estate and Hauser & Wirth for allowing us to present them here.

© Dieter Roth Estate 
Courtesy/Hauser & Wirth


Dieter Roth: Harmonica Curse (45A), May 31/June 1, 1981

Dan Graham: Performer/Audience/Mirror (Excerpt), 1979

UJ3RK5: Live from the Commodore Ballroom C2 Naum Gabo

Track 5 from C. Spencer Yeh's "The RCA Mark II" (2017/Primary Information)

The RCA Mark II

C. Spencer Yeh: Track V from The RCA Mark II

Samples from a new edition of The Guerrilla Art Action Group's only LP, which consists of a live recording of an action carried out on WBAI in January 1970. The participants making up The Guerrilla Art Action Group on this recording were Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, and Jean Toche. They were also joined by Laurin Raiken, a member of the New York Free Theater and Art Workers Coalition.

Total running time is 43:12 minutes. Published by Primary Information in an edition of 500.

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 06

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 05

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 04

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 03

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 02

Guerrilla Art Action Group Sample 01

Simple in construction, yet profound in context, How to Make a Happening is Allan Kaprow delivering 11 rules on how, and how not, to make a Happening, an movement begun by Kaprow in the late fifties that is known for its unpredictability, open scores, and constantly-evolving form.

On the second track, which is constructed like the first, Kaprow reads the program and notes of three recent Happenings (Soap, Calling, and Raining), which serve as loose instruction, as they involve improvisation and forces beyond human control, such as acts of nature and other uncontrolled environmental forces. These elucidations further provide a clear, if somewhat circumstantial, distinction of what does and does not constitute a Happening.

Allan Kaprow: How to Make a Happening Side 2

Simple in construction, yet profound in context, How to Make a Happening is Allan Kaprow delivering 11 rules on how, and how not, to make a Happening, an movement begun by Kaprow in the late fifties that is known for its unpredictability, open scores, and constantly-evolving form.

On the first track, Kaprow speaks plainly into a microphone, delivering a private cut-to-the-chase style instruction on Happenings that is both informative and contradictory. Kaprow, known as a great teacher of the avant-garde (from Rutgers to Cal Arts to finally University of California, San Diego), delivers both a practical and theoretical how-to with an oftentimes dead-pan humor.

Allan Kaprow: How to Make a Happening Side 1

XXX Macarena (Tony Conrad, Jutta Koether, John Miller)
Performance: Kunsthalle Zurich, 28 August 2009
Released 2010
Primary Information/From the Nursery

XXX Macarena: Side 1

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