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Amirkhanian: Pas de VoixThe first major recorded anthology of American sound poetry, edited by Charles Amirkhanian for 1750 Arch Records and released originally in 1974. Includes two works by Amirkhanian: Just and Heavy Aspirations. Additional works by Clark Coolidge, John Cage, John Giorno, Anthony Gnazzo, Charles Dodge, Robert Ashley, Beth Anderson, Liam O'Gallagher and Aram Saroyan. Includes extensive notes enclosed in four-page booklet. Rare collector's item.
Contains text-sound compositions produced between 1973 and 1977 including the "Bolero" of American sound poetry, Dutiful Ducks. Also found in this collection are Mugic, Seatbelt Seatbelt, Muchrooms, Mahogany Ballpark, and She She and She (produced for the 100th birthday of Gertrude Stein.) Includes glossy four-page booklet with photographs, scores, etc. Originally released on 1750 Arch Records in 1980.
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Amirkhanian: Pas de VoixThis CD release from Perspectives of New Music, the biennial journal, features the radio composition Pas de Voix in which Amirkhanian creates an aural portrait of the late Samuel Beckett. Unable to locate voice tapes of the author for use in the making of the piece, Amirkhanian recorded sounds of the environment in the lobby of Beckett's apartment building, at his Metro stop, and at other locations in Paris, the city where the author spent most of his life. The CD also contains works by Milton Babbitt, Richard Swift and Randy Hostetler.
A fabulous new collection of electroacoustic music on the Starkland label! Ten pieces by seven contemporary "greats" including Tod Dockstader, Paul Dresher, Joseph Kasinskas, Joseph Lukasik, Pamela Z, and Phillip Kent Bimstein. Amirkhanian's piece merges sampled sounds, "related to the extraordinary, peripatetic life of Nicholas Slonimsky, into a mysteriously evocative collage." CD includes a 16 page booklet with bios, notes, photos and an insightful Introduction by new music authority, Eric Salzman.
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Amirkhanian is a leading proponent of text-sound composition in the United States. Most of his works are electroacoustic. In a radical departure from his earlier, more spare and minimal style, his recent works typically incorporate ambient and found sounds manipulated via Synclavier. He has served as Music Director of KPFA FM in Berkeley since 1969. In 1988 he co-founded the annual summer Composer-to-Composer summit conference on new music, sponsored by the Telluride Institute in Colorado.
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