Art Metropole

#03647

Primordial Lift

Artist

Pauline Oliveros

Price

$40.00

Date

2000

Format

Audio

Size

14 × 12.3 × 1 cm

Genre

CD

Description

Minimalist composer and founding member of Deep Listening Band, Pauline Oliveros, is known for creating pulsating soundscapes and sonic meditations. In these premier recordings, however, she engages a more aggressive, electric sound with assistance from fellow minimalists Tony Conrad and Alex Gelencser, and Gastr del Sol’s David Grubbs.

Within a strategic modulation processed through a low-frequency oscillator, Conrad’s violin, Grubbs’ harmonium, and Oliveros’ signature accordian drone and enthrall. The guiding metaphor of Primordial? Lift structures the musicians’ performances, mirroring the resonate frequency of the earth and its acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz and beyond. In 1994 the frequency was already at 8.6 and 13hz will be achieved by 2010, at which point the magnetic fields of the earth will pass through a zero point and a polar shift will occur. The acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz is Primordial; 13hz and beyond is Lift.

This ensemble piece includes fellow minimalists Tony Conrad and Alex Gelencser, David Grubb from Gastr Del Sol to create an enthralling drone-based composition.

“On some level, music, sound consciousness and religion are all one, and Ms. Oliveros would seem to be very close to that level.” -John Rockwell, The New York Times

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