11/3/2001
State of the Union 2.001
Tonic, New York
This amazing 3-CD set of contemporary sound and text-based music may be just what you need to live a full life.
This amazing 3-CD set of contemporary sound and text-based music may be just
what you need to live a full life. Elliott Sharp set aside his sax and
guitar to collect one-minute music and sound works by 171 leading lights of
the international avant-garde, both famous and unknown, that represent a
vast array of approaches, attitudes, aesthetics, ethnicities, musical
styles, and social persuasions. He describes the collection as "concrete,
abstract, enraged, objective, caustic, soulful, sardonic, provocative -- all
unfiltered, all clear." It's more than that. It's totally enjoyable.
Unmissable. A bandwagon you should get on without missing a beat.
The composers on CD 1 are:
Adriana Sa, Alfred Harth, Alan Licht, Allen Kaatz, Alma Carey-Zzqiga, Alvin
Curran, Angela Babin and Lori Bingel, Annie Gosfiel, Atau Tanaka, Becca
Schack, Ben Boone and James Miley, Benjamin Chadabe, Ben Rubin and Mark
Hansen, Black Sifichi, Blaise Siwula, Blake Hargreaves and Liam Thurston,
Bob Holman, Bruce Bennett, Carl Stone, C.D., Charles K. Noyes, Chop Shop,
Chris Haskett, Christian Marclay, Chris Mann, Chris Rael, Chris Vine, Cook &
Swenson, Dael Orlandersmith, D'Divaz, Dafna Naphtali, Daniel Matej, Dave
Soldier and Richard Lair , Swing, David First, David Fulton, David Gans,
David Greenberger, David Taylor, Deaf Mute, Debra DeSalvo, Doug Henderson,
Donald Knaack, Don Ritter, Dorgon, Duck Baker, Elio Martusciello, Emily XYZ
and Virgil Moorefield, Eric Mingus, Eric Rosenzveig, Eric Shanfield, Eszter
Balint, Eyeball 9000, FemNoir, Figure, Foetus.
The composers on CD 2:
Frank Rothkamm, Fred Frith, Freight Elevator Quartet, GenKen Montgomery,
Gert Jan Prins, Hans Tammen, Harriet Tubman, Harry Smith, Henry Kaiser,
i.d., Ikue Mori, Jack Womack, Jacob Burckhardt , Jad Fair, Jean Marc
Montera, Jeffrey Ford, Jenn Reeves, Joel Chadabe, Joey Baron, John Duncan,
John Hudak, Johnny Reinhard, Jonathan Bepler, Jon Rose, Jorge Mancini and
Andrea Fasani, Judy Nylon and Brian Foster, Kasper Toeplitz, Katie O'Looney,
Kato Hideki, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Keisuke Oki, Koji Asano, Lauren Weinger,
Leon Gruenbaum, Ligeti/Ritchford, Lloop, Lo Galluccio, Loren Mazzacane
Connors, Love Todd, Lost Satellites, Luca Formentini, Luciano Margorani,
Manu Sauvage, Marc Behrens, Marc C, Marc Ribot, Marek Piacek, Marianne
Nowottny, Marie Goyette, Mark Dagley, Mark Howell and Tom Hamilton, Mark
Trayle, Martha Mooke, Matt Rogalsky, Matthew Shipp, Merry Fortune w/FAT,
Merzbow, Michael J. Schumacher, Mike Cooper and Max Nagl.
The composers on CD 3:
Misha Feigin and Steve Good, Murat Nehmet-Nejat, Ned Rothenberg, Nicolas
Collins, Nicolas Diab, Nicolas Mazet, Norman Yamada, Oblique, Doug Theriault
and David Chandler, Ori Kaplan and Geoff Mann, PAK, Particle Data Group,
Pete Missing, Phill Niblock, Phillip Johnston Transparent Quartet, Piero
Chianura, Public Works, QPE, Queen Esther, Raging Peasants, ReproRappers,
Roberto Zorzi , Roger Kleier, Hard Time', Satoko Fuji, Saturnalia, D.J.
Spazecrafte One, Stefan Poetzsch, Stefano Bassanese, Stephen Pope, Stephen
Vitiello, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Goldberger, Steve Piccolo, Tape Beatles,
Ted Reichman, Telectu (Jorge Lima Barreto and Vitor Rua), The Fitzbergs,
Thomas Dimuzio, Tom Devaney, Tony Daniel, Toni Dove (with Paul Geluso),
Tracie Morris, Ut Gret , Viv Corringham and Gareth Williams, Vivian Sisters,
Voice Crack, Wanda Phipps, We, Wendy Atlas Oxenhor, White Out, Zammuto,
Zeena Parkins, Z'ev, Zbigniew Karkowski, Zoot Horn Rollo.
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