JOHN WHITE GAVIN BRYARS Machine Music AVANT GARDE Eno Obscure EG LP
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JOHN WHITE GAVIN BRYARS Machine Music AVANT GARDE Eno Obscure EG LP
John White and Gavin Bryars, Machine Music.
Produced by Brian Eno.1978 UK pressed Obscure Editions EG Records stereo LP, EGED 28.
Vinyl in near mint condition. Surfaces glossy as new, free of any marks and no spider trail marks detectable around the spindle areas. Appears unplayed, although near mint is my highest grade.
Sleeve EX.
Tracks:John White:
01/ Autumn Countdown Machine (5:30)
02/ Son of Gothic Chord (10:04)
03/ Jew's Harp Machine (2:31)
04/ Drinking And Hooting Machine (4:42)
Gavin Bryars:05 The Squirrel and The Ricketty Racketty Bridge (20:45)
Details:Two slices of pure Systems Music by the inventors of the genre.
John White (born 1936) is a composer, pianist and tuba player. He founded Promenade Theatre Orchestra in 1969 along with Christopher Hobbs, Alec Hill, and Hugh Shrapnel. He was also a member of The Scratch Orchestra, Garden Furniture Music and the Farewell Symphony Orchestra.
The John White's Machine Music featured on this LP refers to a set of rigid rules imposed on the interpreters in order to limit their selfishness, exuberance, virtuosity and showmanship. In Son of Gothic Chord, the scale of the music is limited to one piano octave only, while Jew's Harp Machine is written for an extremely limited instrument, as is Drinking And Hooting Machine, for glass bottles. Exquisite, self-restrained music, in any case.
Gavin Bryars' Ricketty Racketty Bridge is for 4 guitarists playing 2 table top guitars each. Interpreters play the strings with fingertips like a keyboard. Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Brian Eno and Gavin Bryars play different kind of guitars. The result is a steady, semi-aleatoric web of soft notes where all personality and selfishness from the guitarists have been erased.
Calling this Minimalist Music would be to miss the point entirely. The process is much more ironic.
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