Annea LOCKWOOD
Piano burning 1968 London
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Piano Drowning 1 1972
Piano Drowning 2 1982
A Sound Map of the Hudson River 1982
A two-hour aural trace of the Hudson from its highest source stream, down to the ocean. Many sites were recorded, during the course of a year, in mono and stereo along the full length of the river, excepting those areas of water stilled by weirs and locks. Each stretch of the river has its own sonic texture, formed by the terrain and modified by season and weather and, downstream, by human activity. The tapes are continuous and the sections are dove-tailed with very slow cross-fades. Accompanying the tapes is a map and a clock. The map indicates which stetch of the river can be heard and , within a two-hour time frame,when. there is a second tape: the reminiscences of people who have worked with the river and have experienced it as a powerful natural source. These include a river pilot, an upriver judge, an Adirondacks ranger, an island farmer and a fisherman. Whereas the river tapes are heard through speakers, this tape is heard through headphones.
Glass World
descr: "I have treated each sound as if it were apiece of music in itself. For me, every sound has its own minute form -is composed of small flashing rythms, shifting tones, has momentum, comes, vanishes, lives out its own structure, and since we are used to hearing sound stogether, either juxtaposed or compared, one sound alone seems simple- but so are the round scruffed stones lying about everywhere, until you crack one apart and all its intricate beauty takes you by surprise".
AL AL is a omposer/performer with a particular interest in the rhythmic and timbral characteristics of environmental sounds. She teaches at Vassar College, New York.
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