The first and last 70's Supergroup. Boo-Yaa !!

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eNuminous & Archimedes are proud to present "Eyelid/Fetish" and "Citi Zen One", two CDs with a variety of music and soundpoems, from sessions recorded at invisible caterpillar studios in Sacramento, CA, '05-'06, and they invite you to listen to the sound, write reviews, keep looking for new music, and buy the e&A album, "Eyelid/Fetish" at... [+] Read More

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On music, as on life in general, we privilege a spontaneous and experimentalist atittude: we avoid pre-conceived programs by default, and we like and prefer to be not concerned about words and meanings, when we make music, but being interested on freedom of expression itself rather than to rationalise it or try to explain it…
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Few musical instruments have as good a buddy as the contrabass has in Bertram Turetzky, who once introduced himself to an extremely youthful audience at the Los Angeles Children's Museum as "the nicest man named Turetzky you'll ever meet." The way bassists recount the history of this artist, and this is the stuff of fact, not legend: prior to... [+] Read More

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Cardew was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral for eight years, and he later studied at the RAM. He received a scholarship from the RAM in 1957 to study electronic music in Köln. He served as an assistant to Stockhausen from 1958-60 and collaborated with him on the composition Carré. After a period as a graphic designer, Cardew became professor... [+] Read More

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Some believe Elliott Carter to be the greatest American-born composer; no less an authority than Igor Stravinsky considered Carter's "Double Concerto" (1961) the first true American masterpiece. Certainly he's one of the most intellectually rigorous composers of his or any other time. Carter's work is characterized largely by its rhythmic... [+] Read More

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American modern composer George Crumb is known for his innovative means of composition, including his use of numerology and new playing techniques to generate keyboard and orchestral pieces like Ancient Voices of Children (1970). Other works of note include his madrigals, as well as his composition Vox Balaenae for flute, cello and piano. Crumb... [+] Read More

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In applying mathematical and physical laws to the composition of music, Iannis Xenakis exposed the implicit connections between science and art -- rooted in theories of statistical probability, his stochastic method revolutionized not only the composition of music but also its performance, exploring the boundaries of sound and space. Born of... [+] Read More

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A motto for all our activities:



A droplet is not the shape of water,

but rather is a method

by which water plays its games,

not having any other responsibilities to perform.





Khalid Ibn Igkherssi (11th c.)






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Louis Gottschalk was the eldest son of a Jewish-English New Orleans real estate speculator and his French-Creole bride. Gottschalk may have heard the drums at Place Congo in New Orleans, but his exposure to Creole melody likely came through his own household. Piano study was undertaken with Narcisse Lettellier, and at age 11, Gottschalk was sent... [+] Read More

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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Kagel proved to be one of the most versatile, creative and witty composers to come of age in the second half of the 20th century. He studied piano, theory, violoncello, organ, singing, and conducting, and was self-taught as a composer. Kagel also studied philosophy and literature extensively during his college... [+] Read More

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Studied piano with Madame Maurina-Press, comp. with Wallingford Riegger, Stefan Wolpe. Was Edgard Varése Professor at State University of New York at Buffalo. Began graphic works, with open pitch and rhythm, and music "free from a compositional rhetoric" in early '50s, eg. Structures for string quartet (1951). Music with pitches given but with... [+] Read More

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Famed for his inspired work with director Federico Fellini, Nino Rota was one of the most prolific and acclaimed film composers of his era, with a list of soundtrack credits ranging from La Dolce Vita to Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet to Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. Born December 3, 1911 in Milan. Italy, Rota was a child prodigy... [+] Read More

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Roscoe Mitchell is the rare jazz musician who also moves comfortably within the realm of contemporary classical music. It might even be said that Mitchell is a more convincing artist when working in European-influenced forms. When relying on structural and formal jazz conventions, Mitchell can often come off as stilted and unswinging. On the... [+] Read More

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