Minimalism masters LA MONTE YOUNG and MARIAN ZAZEELA's first officially released work — the landmark minimal drone album known as "THE BLACK RECORD" — is finally reissued! Sustained sine waves and raga vocals, and the act of listening in which change is perceived by entering into the interior of sound itself. The latest work from trusted US reissue label SUPERIOR VIADUCT.
The first officially remastered vinyl reissue of a historic masterpiece by LA MONTE YOUNG — who, alongside Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley in the wake of Cage, remains a pivotal figure in avant-garde minimal music and continues to exert enormous influence! Side A was recorded live at a Munich gallery in 1969, an ensemble of sustained sine tones and raga chanting. Side B was recorded in the studio in 1964, performed with a massive gong and bowed strings. A practice of listening that ventures into the harmonic structure of sound and the very possibilities of acoustic perception. An incomparable experience that invites you to become one with the sound, finding change within sustained tones that have neither rhythm nor melody — don't miss this chance!
(Original Japanese text by Akie)
The first officially remastered vinyl reissue of a historic masterpiece by LA MONTE YOUNG — who, alongside Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley in the wake of Cage, remains a pivotal figure in avant-garde minimal music and continues to exert enormous influence! Side A was recorded live at a Munich gallery in 1969, an ensemble of sustained sine tones and raga chanting. Side B was recorded in the studio in 1964, performed with a massive gong and bowed strings. A practice of listening that ventures into the harmonic structure of sound and the very possibilities of acoustic perception. An incomparable experience that invites you to become one with the sound, finding change within sustained tones that have neither rhythm nor melody — don't miss this chance! (Original Japanese text by Akie)