A Retrospective

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2014-03

Label: Morphine Records

Double CD including all tracks from the vinyl editions The Middle Distance, Group Motion, and Music For Dance And Theater plus two previously unreleased bonus tracks (2-3, 2-10).

'Club Revival Performance' (1988) rehearsal for performance at a Philadelphia night club, 'The Middle Distance' (1983) a dance section of performance Art piece by Jeff Cain presented at The Painted Bride Art Center 'UTEP1 (1980) recorded at The University of Texas at El Paso Electronic Music Lab 'Dance of the Spirit Catchers' (1979) music track for the Cyclobs section of a large scale outdoor performance piece 'No Man's Land' (a retelling of Odyssey) 'Camera Dance' (1983) a dance section of Performance Art by Jeff Cain, presented at The Painted Bride Art Center, 'Sonomama' (1981) submission to Roland Synthesizer Competition, awarded 2nd Place. Recorded at The University of Texas at El Paso Electronic Music Lab, 'UTEP2' (1980) recorded at The University of Texas at El Paso Electronic Music Lab. 'Group Motion' (1989) rehearsal for performance at Group Motion Dance Theater, Philadelphia, 'Generator' (1989) rehearsal for performance at Generator Sound Art Gallery, NYC. Recorded using Buchla music Easel and Buchla 700 Series synthesizers. 'Water' (1976) for Group Motion Dance Theater, 'In Search Of Mysteries' (1977) for Temple University Theater, 'Bell Jar' (1978) for Performance Art piece by Jeff Cain, 'Blue Krishna' (1978) for Performance Art piece by Jeff Cain, 'Shopping Cart Lady' (1978) for Performance Art piece by Jeff Cain, 'The Street' (1984) for Group Motion Dance Theater, 'Overture' (1985) for People's Light and Theater Company, Malvern, PA, 'Velcro Dance' (1988) for a dance performance by Tonio Guerra, 'Sunrise Women/Men' (1987) for a dance performance by Tonio Guerra, 'Tubs' (1987) for a dance performance by Tonio Guerra 'Duo's and Solo's' (1987) for a dance performance by Tonio Guerra. 'Conundrums' (1980) featuring [...] on synthesizers.

Instruments variously used: Buchla 200, Buchla 700, Buchla Music Easel, Roland TR-77, Roland 707, Casio CZ 101, EML Polybox, tape loops, multitrack recorders, EH 16 Sec Delay, Lexicon PCM 70, Anderton Matrix Drums.

Mastered at Enisslab Studio, Rome

Liner notes:
Steve Antinoff, Writer
Manfred Fischbeck, Artistic and Executive Director of Group Motion Multi Media Dance Theater

On the release, track 2-1 is listed as "Dance Of The SpiritCatchers".

C+P Morphine Records 2013

Packaging: two cardboard sleeves housed in a glossy slipcase, with 16 pp. booklet.

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