For a brief sample of the work, begin playback at 12:27, more is included on either side to put this moment in context. The full duration of the work in this performance was 3h18'36" and the above excerpt is from 2h04'17" to 2h29'21" in  the full performance and includes the introduction of the final drone section of the work.

The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of the Eternal Process in The Midwinter Starfield - for Equal Tempered Piano and Harmonic Resonators - by Randy Gibson, commissioned by R. Andrew Lee

excerpt from the World Premiere performance on October 18, 2014 by R. Andrew Lee.

The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D... (Excerpt)

Available April 2, 2015
Pre-order: importantrecords.com

When Daniel O'Sullivan was invited to curate the sixth instalment of Transmissions Festival in Ravenna, 2013 his first request was for Charlemagne Palestine, the shamanic world-maker and sacred toy emissary associated with the New York, 60's minimalist scene and one time student of Pandit Pran Nath. Known primarily for extended performances with Bösendorfer piano, cathedral organs and falsetto voice but has also exhibited his visual work internationally. After transmissions O'Sullivan invited Palestine to play a two night residency at Cafe Oto, the second night of which was a collaboration with Grumbling Fur, the duo of O'Sullivan and Alexander Tucker.

The performance at Oto was a ritualistic union of crystalware, processed strings, live tape manipulations, Indian harmonium, shimmering piano clusters, bleating cattle, a Japanese orgy, disembodied vocal harmony and rousing choruses often led by sing-a-ma-jigs (singing Fisher-Price toys affectionately referred to as "the singing assholes"). A continuous flow of overtones and plainchant sieved through mutant simulations of processed pulses, orbiting strings and heliotropic vocal mantras.  

Following their recent critically acclaimed avant-pop albums Glynnaestra (Thrill Jockey) and Preternaturals (The Quietus) this is the first incarnation of the Grumbling Fur alter-ego 'Time Machine Orchestra', an alias put together to explore extended drone works, improvisation and automatic composition. 

Recorded at Cafe Oto and Fur Island and assembled by Grumbling Fur. LP pressed in an edition of 500.

Charlemagne Palestine + Grumbling Fur Time Machine Orchestra from upcoming LP - IMPREC409

"...Hennix has created a sound that reliably taps into our subconscious and frees us from linear time..." The Quietus

C.C. Hennix - renaissance oboe, custom sine wave generator
Peter Hennix - renaissance oboe
Hans Isgren - sheng

Recorded Spring 1976

Central Palace Music, performed by Catherine Christer Hennix's just-intonation ensemble The Deontic Miracle, is the first in a series of archival Hennix releases to be issued via IMPREC. This previously unheard piece was taken from an eight day festival organized in the Spring of 1976 at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. 

Catherine Christer Hennix / The Deontic Miracle - Central Palace Music -

Blues Alif Lam Mim In the Mode Of Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis is a new composition from Catherine Christer Hennix's expanded just-intonation ensemble, the Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage. The expanded ensemble includes vocalists Imam Ahmet Muhsin Tüzer, Amir Elsaffan and Amirtha Kidambi, an expanded brass section with the addition of Paul Schwingesnschlögl and Elena Kakaliagou, and the additon of Marcus Pal and Stefan Tiedje on electronics. This new piece was recorded live at the Issue Project Room and was mastered by Dubplates + Mastering in Berlin. 
Live At Issue Project Room is packaged in a deluxe letterpressed sleeve and is being issued at the same time as Central Palace Music from 100 Model Subjects For Hegikan Roku, a recording of Hennix's ensemble from 1976, also on Important.

The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D... (Excerpt)

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