New CD, 0-tET

4'33

45:18
compilation CD
Korm Plastics KP 3005

Perhaps the most controversial composition of the twentieth century is
John
Cage's "4'33". Performed for the first time in 1952 by David Tudor, the
piece consisted of opening the piano lid, and closing it after the given
time, without having played a single note. Silence became music.
Roel Meelkop suggested a compilation CD of various interpretations of
"433"; nine versions were selected. "433" is performed here by Keith Rowe,
Voice Crack, Jio Shimuzo, Tsudo Tsunoda, Alignment (Mark Posyden & Radboud
Mens), Artificial Memory Trace, Pauline Olivieros, Thurston Moore, Clive
Graham. Also included are two extensive liner notes by Frans de Waard and
Mark Poysden. As radical as the original composition, the nine
interpretations range, of course, from sheer silence to sheer noise and
digital data streams.

(From the NEAR newsletter)

Manuel