Mumma On Tzadik
"Live Electronic Music" by Gordon Mumma
is due for release Tuesday on John Zorn's Tzadik label.This release
compiles live cybersonic performances dating back to the early 1960s,
featuring appearances by David Tudor, Robert Ashley, William Winant and
others.
Here's what Tzadik has to say about it:
Here's what Tzadik has to say about it:
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"The ultimate document by one of the most important electronic
music composers in new music. A lifetime in the making, these
meticulously crafted masterpieces include the legendary Mesa performed
by avant garde virtuoso David Tudor on electric bandoneon and the first
release of the complete version of Mumma's classic composition Hornpipe
fully remastered and reworked by the composer himself. One of the most
important releases of this or any other year-absolutely essential music
by one of downtown's Founding Fathers."
Web author Jesse Niemenen adds that it's "sure to flatten all this glitch-of-the-week stuff churned out by limp-wristed "artists" with thin moustaches and even thinner laptops."