An Unrhymed Chord

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Album Info

Release Date: 2008

Label: Edition Wandelweiser Records

Recorded at Warren Studios, San Diego, ca. 2007 (CD 1)

"sixty-five minutes long. two periods of thirty minutes each, with a five minute silence between them. each performer find one sound, preferably with pitch. the sound is played for one duration, between one and fifteen minutes, in each thirty minute period, making sure, in the first period, not to cross over into silence. the duration of the sound may change from one period to the next. one of the durations may be zero seconds. (i.e., a player might decide not to play in one of the sections) the sound may be sustained for the whole length of the duration chosen or if it is impossible to sustain the sound for the duration, long sounds may be repeated at regular intervals. the loudness of the sound is in inverse proportion to its duration. (i.e., the longer the duration, the softer the sound) the one minute duration should be a comfortable mp; a fifteen minute duration will be nearly inaudible."
Michael Pisaro, 2003

sounds contributed by peter ablinger, martin arnold, antoine beuger, brad breeck, madison brookshire, ezra buchla, raven chacon, douglas cohen, andre cormier, nick didkovsky, jeremy drake, thadeus frazier-reed, august friscia, james fulkerson, kraig grady, arthur jarvinen, travis just, lewis keller, david kendall, joseph kudirka, matthew marble, jonathan marmor, john maus, james orsher, adam overton, michael pisaro, larry polansky, mark so, phillip stearns, burkhard schlothauer, craig shepard, chiyoko szlavnics, lee weisert, michael winter, amnon wolman

Comes in cardboard fold-out sleeve.