Terry Riley - Music For The Gift

THIS CD BRINGS TOGETHER FOUR SEMINAL TAPE WORKS OF TERRYRILEY.THE GIFT MUSIC WAS PERFORMED IN PARIS 1963 BY CHETBAKER, WITH TAPE MANIPULATIONS BY RILEY - THE FIRST USE OF TAPEDELAY TO FRAGMENT, ATTENUATE, AND RETURN TIME, LOOPING TAPETHROUGH TWIN-TAPE RECORDERS. THE GIFT RECORDINGS, REFERRED TOOFTEN BY SOFT MACHINE MEMBERS, IS THE PRECURSOR TO THE LANDMARKTHAT LAUNCHED THE MINIMALIST MOVEMENT ‘IN C.’BIRD OF PARADISE IS A RADICAL TAPE-MANIPULATION WORK, THEEARLISET KNOWN PLUNDERING THAT INSPIRED STEVE REICH’S ‘IT’SGONNA RAIN’-ERA PHASE RECORDINGS.MESCALIN MIX IS A TAPE-LOOP RECORDING FROM 1960-‘62, PARTLYINSPIRED BY RILEY’S EXPERIENCE WITH MESCALIN AND THE WORK HEDID WITH RICHARD MAXFIELD. FOR THIS RECORDING, THE TAPE-LOOPSEXTENDED OUT RILEY’S WINDOW TO A WINE-BOTTLE SPINDLE IN THEYARD; IT WAS COMPOSED FOR CHOREOGRAPHER ANNAHALPRINÕS THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL.CONCERT FOR TWO PIANOS AND FIVE TAPE RECORDERSWAS RECORDED LIVE AT HERTZ HALL ON THE UC BERKELEYCAMPUS IN 1960 WITH A HUMOROUS BROADCAST NARRATIVEBY GLENN GLASOW DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY. IT WAS PERFORMEDBY RILEY AND LA MONTE YOUNG. ORIGINAL CORTICAL RELEASE NOW BACK IN PRINT, NEW ARTWORK FEATURES RECENTLY DISCOVEREDPHOTOS OF THE 1963 PARIS PERFORMANCE OF THEGIFT WITH CHET BAKER

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