Label: Western Vinyl - WV83

2011年に他界したサウンドアートの巨匠Rolf Juliusによる、米Western Vinylからのシリーズ作品[Small Music]第二弾。2003〜2009年という結構な期間を費やした40分の大作[Music For A Distance]、1983年のインスタレーション録音[Music in a Corner]、粒子状のサウンドが特徴的な年代の異なる2作。

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Music for a Distance is the second release in the small music series. The title of the work in relation to the cover images (abstract photographs of Julius’ wife resembling landscapes merging into a distant horizon) suggests a work of uncommon poetic perception and inspiration. The title track “Music for a Distance” began as a 2003 live performance of “Musik für eine weite Ebene” (Music for a Wide Plain) at the Donaueschinger Musiktage in Germany. Over the next 6 years Julius continued to refine the piece in the studio, in addition to live performances of the piece in Europe, Asia, and North America. The dense and nocturnal closing track, “Music in a Corner” was composed for an installation at MoMA PS1 in New York in 1983. Though different in proportion and point of view, it nevertheless captures the stillness of the horizon that would inspire “Music for a Distance” many years later.