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Premiered at the Kitchen in New York city in 1971, this recording was made by Phill Niblock at his Experimental Intermedia Foundation on December 16th, 1988. The performers were Yoshimasa Wada and myself.  The occasion was the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation.

The recording was released on The Table of the Elements Records (TOE 073) in 2006.  I believe that it is now out of print, so I’m posting the piece in its entirety on SoundCloud. The duration of the piece is about an hour.

Here are the somewhat hyperbolic record notes, written by TOTE founder Jeff Hunt:

“The hour-long Two Gongs fills the entirety of this disc with its ethereal, droning psychedelia. While written in 1971, the '89 recording documented here features Chatham, along with fellow composer Yoshimase Wada coaxing heavy, overlapping tones out of a pair of Chinese gongs. The instruments buzz and hum, moving in waves from deafening rattles to soft, muted drones. The monstrous noise that Chatham concocts is far more akin to the seismic crashes of monstrously distorted guitar feedback than that of two unprocessed slabs of metal, and it proves the composer's interest in creating a similar world of sound out of whatever instrument currently proved his muse. On disc, the performance is jaw-droppingly powerful, a monumental chunk of glorious noise.”

Two Gongs (1971)

Nicolas Bernier & Francisco Meirino ‎– Fiction LP  

Fiction marks the first collaboration of sound artists Nicolas Bernier and Francisco Meirino. A study in feedback and psychoacoustics challenging the listeners perception and raising questions of what reality and fiction truly are.   

Nicolas Bernier’s exciting sound and installation work has been awarded the Prix Ars Electronica’s Golden Nica award. His artistic concerns remain constant, an exploration of balance between the cerebral and the sensual, and between organic sound sources and digital processing.

Francisco Meirino, an accomplished sound artist at the top of his game has released multiple works on Misanthropic Agenda including his most recent, critically acclaimed solo album, “Notebook (Techniques of Self-Destruction)”. He explores sound and its possibilities for failure while exhibiting his masterful editing and compositional skills.

Its perfectly fitting that these two artist come together to collaborate on this epic release.

available at: http://www.misanthropicagenda.com

Nicolas Bernier & Francisco Meirino ‎– Fiction LP (excerpt 1)

Introrsum Chorus

For more information head here: http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/30/gavin-russom-ps1-warm-up-mix/

New York City-based synthesizer fetishist Gavin Russom has long been one of DFA’s best kept secrets. His 2005 collaboration album with Delia Gonzalez – The Days of Mars – is a glorious, nostalgic synth-drenched reminder of the heady days of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze long before Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never took the critical crown. Similarly, his later work as Black Meteoric Star was just as essential, exploring another angle with warmth and precision.

Almost expectedly, Russom decided to do something a little different for this mix – instead of blending other people’s records (or even his own), he submitted an hour-long live jam, using “2 drum machines, 2 synths, 2 sets of processors” in parallel. He used a mixer to blend between the two setups, so he could program one side while playing the other side, just as if he was actually DJing. It’s a deliriously creative take, and one to show to your mates when they tell you that electronic music is just hitting play on a pair of CDJs.



Gavin Russom - FACT X MoMA PS1 Warm Up Mix 5

Chains written by Jan King and Karen Haglof.






Chains

25 Years

Piano and String Quartet

Live at Dokzaal, Amsterdam
May 6th 2016 

Daniel Boeke, clarinet
Mariana Hutchinson Siemers, violin
Raphaella Engelsberg, violin
Lidwine Dam, viola
René van Munster, cello

Clarinet and String Quartet, excerpt (1983) by Morton Feldman (1926-1987)

The Sinking Of The Titanic (1969- )

The Sinking Of The Titanic

2014 Composition for Sax Orchestra. 
Threnody for Earth.

SOLASTALGIA

First piece of the "Coriolis Project" album.

Release in June 2012 in digital (Zimbalam / Fr), "Coriolis Project" is an experimental work originally recorded in 2006 and based on guitars/bass/vocals/drums loops.

1/ Samsãra (14'42)
2/ Feu [-] (17'38)
3/ Chiasma #2 (9,19)

You can download these 3 titles on itunes/fnac/amazon and most downloading platforms.
ENJOY IT!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id539190814?affId=1108120
http://telecharger-musique.fnac.com/fm14755873/Vortex-Coriolis-Project
http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/-/-/13466120/

Samsãra

The Almond

Rhys Chatham is a composer from Manhattan who currently lives in Paris, France.  

I've decided to upload work tapes of pieces I'm working on for those who might be interested.

Two Gongs (1971)

Rhys Chatham

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