PANDIT PRAN NATH DEBUT LP-LA MONTE YOUNG-SHANDAR NWW
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PANDIT PRAN NATH
Earth Groove LP
- Original 1st Edition
- Label :Douglas / Usa
- Condition :ex- /ex (cover/vinyl)
Original 1st edition vinyl of the master's rare debut on Douglas, US. This one was later re-issued on Transatlantic and lately a grey area re-issue on Missisipi poped up...but here you've got the real thing!! Prannath is known for recordings on the Shandar and Gramavision labels and his close participation to La Monte Young's albums & concerts.
Earth Groove is the debut 1968 recording by Master Hindustani classical singer Pandit Pran Nath. Considering his major influence on the giants of twentieth-century minimalist composition and drone music of all forms, as well as the amazing dearth of available recordings on cd let alone on vinyl, this is a MUST HAVE!! Featuring two fantastic side long ragas, Raaga Bhoopali designed for meditation after sunset and Raaga Asavari designed for meditation after sunrise, this is spiritual music of the highest order made for the purpose of destroying negative energy. But it is its amazing sounds of buzzing tamboura drones and tabla rhythms with Pran Nath’s perfectly intonated and slowly unfolding vocal style that should please all fans of otherworldly cosmic sounds.
Master of the Kirana Ghirana school, it is believed that Pran Nath spent five years of his life in a cave perfecting his austere intonated singing style. Heavily emphasizing the alap, the opening section of the raga that is unmetered, improvised and unaccompanied (except for the tamboura drone), that sets up a slow tempo and can often last more than an hour. Pran Nath’s unwavering adherence to the principles of his vocal style was not that popular to the ears of modern Indians, but it is this recording that reached the open minds of minimalist composer La Monte Young and visual artist Marion Zazeela who persuaded Pran Nath to move to America and start his own school of music in New York. Just rattling off the names of his top students shows what an indelible influence Pran Nath was to late twentieth century music: Terry Riley, Charlemagne Palestine, Henry Flynt and Jon Hassell, Douglas Leedy, Don Cherry and Lee Konitz, Jon Gibson, Yoshi Wada and Rhys Chatham, Michael Harrison, W. A. Mathieu and Sufi Pir Shabda Kahn, Catherine Christer Hennix, and Simone Forti. Enough said. Very rare, get this now!!
Cover lies in excellent- to vg++ condition, with some edge wear and lamination peeling off on the back, i've seen some more copies of this rare record and it's just impossible to find one in such a nice condition today(most are cut-outs and with lots of wear), while vinyl looks to be in excellent condition(super clean) and plays great for its' age with minor crackle, remember this is a 60's pressing!!! For those into poesia sonora, John Cage, Pierre Henry, the Nurse with wound list of influences!
Shipping: Combined shipping=BIG discounts. Shipping for this LP is 6 gbp airmail in Europe / 8 gbp for the rest of the world! Each additional LP add 2 gbp up to 6 LPs for Europe(2 kgs). Each additional LP for the rest of the world, please add 2 gbp for first 2 additional, 3 gbp for the 4th LP and then 2 gbp for each additional LP(price to be quoted after the end of the auctions). For registered rates, please ask.
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