ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOUNDATI
'hpschd (1969), by John Cage and Lejaren Hiller, is arguably the wildest composition of the 20th century. Big, brash, exuberant, raucous, a performance is about four hours of ongoing high-level intensity. The sound is a mixture of seven amplified harpsichords playing ...
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EMFCD038 | ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOUNDATI
"Xenakis' distinct sound is already apparent in 'Diamorphoses' (1957) which incorporates sounds of distant earthquakes, car crashes, jet engines, and other 'noise-like' sounds, and 'Concret PH' (1958), based on the sounds of burning charcoal, which was played along with ...
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EMFCD003 | ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOUNDATI