TITLE....... The Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978 (10CD) STYLE...... Ambient, Classical, Experimental
LABEL...... Dialogo
QUALITY.... 320kbps / FLAC
COUNTRY... Italy
Originally issued between 1975 and 1978, nearly 50 years on the output of Obscure remains radically forward-thinking - offering glimpses of a future yet to be fully seen - and amounts to one of the most important, influential, and creatively accomplished album series ever conceived. Co-curated by Eno and the composers Gavin Bryars and Michael Nyman - issuing the recording debuts of Bryars, Nyman, John Adams, Christopher Hobbs, David Toop, Max Eastley, Jan Steele, Simon Jeffes / The Penguin Café Orchestra, and Harold Budd, in addition to important works by John Cage, Tom Phillips, and John White - Obscure’s collective output is a groundbreaking landmark in the histories of Minimalism, modern composition, and Experimental music, and laid much of the groundwork for the soon to emerge movement of Ambient music. Illuminating the remarkable, and largely otherwise undocumented, creative ferment within and between the British and American scenes of experimental music during the mid to late 1970s, this collection - made in full collaboration with all of the composers or their estates - contains the entire 10 album output of Obscure, the majority of which have been out of print for years, with a number having never received a CD reissue. Offering each of Obscure’s albums, completely remastered and housed in faithful replicas of their original covers and liner notes, as well as a 130-page booklet for CD-BOX SET and 80-page book (LP dimension) for LP-BOX SET, filled with rare photos, archival material and texts by - among others - Gavin Bryars, Bradford Bailey, David Toop, Max Eastley, Richard Bernas, and Tom Recchion, this historic collection marks the first time this seminal series has received a complete CD and LP repress.
Tracklist: Disc 01 - Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic (1975) 1. Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (25:54) 2. Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic (24:28)
Disc 02 - Christopher Hobbs, John Adams & Gavin Bryars - Ensemble Pieces (1975) 1. Christopher Hobbs - Aran (3:57) 2. John Adams - American Standard, Pt. 1: John Philip Sousa (4:28) 3. John Adams - American Standard, Pt. 2: Christian Zeal and Activity (9:13) 4. John Adams - American Standard, Pt. 3: Sentimentals (5:17) 5. Christopher Hobbs - McCrimmon Will Never Return (9:28) 6. Gavin Bryars - 1, 2, 1-2-3-4 (15:02)
Disc 03 - Brian Eno - Discreet Music (1975) 1. Brian Eno - Discreet Music (30:35) 2. Brian Eno - Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (i) Fullness Of The Wind (9:57) 3. Brian Eno - Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (ii) Frech Catologues (5:20) 4. Brian Eno - Three Variations On The Canon In D Major: (iii) Brutal Ardour (8:18)
Disc 04 - David Toop & Max Eastley - New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments (1975) 1. Max Eastley - Hydrophone (8:59) 2. Max Eastley - Metallophone (7:02) 3. Max Eastley - The Centriphone (4:48) 4. Max Eastley - Elastic Aerophone / Centriphone (5:00) 5. David Toop - Do The Bathosphere (2:37) 6. David Toop - The Divination Of The Bowhead Whale (16:42) 7. David Toop - The Chair's Story (3:30)
Disc 05 - Jan Steele & John Cage - Voices and Instruments (1976) 1. Jan Steele - All Day (7:19) 2. Jan Steele - Distant Saxophones (10:52) 3. Jan Steele - Rhapsody Spaniel (5:20) 4. John Cage - Experiences No. 1 (4:12) 5. John Cage - Experiences No. 2 (5:02) 6. John Cage - The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2:29) 7. John Cage - Forever and Sunsmell (6:22) 8. John Cage - In a Landscape (10:38)
Disc 06 - Michael Nyman - Decay Music (1976) 1. Michael Nyman - 1-100 (27:27) 2. Michael Nyman - Bell Set No. 1 (21:35) 3. Michael Nyman - 1-100 (Faster Decay) (13:42)
Disc 07 - The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music from the Penguin Cafe (1976) 1. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Single (6:20) 2. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: From the Colonies (For N.R.) (1:39) 3. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: in a Sydney Motel (2:28) 4. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) (2:22) 5. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: Milk (2:22) 6. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: Coronation (1:33) 7. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: Giles Farnaby's Dream (2:17) 8. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Zopf: Pigtail (2:44) 9. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter (11:46) 10. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Hugebaby (4:48) 11. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Chartered Flight (6:44)
Disc 08 - John White & Gavin Bryars - Machine Music (1978) 1. John White - Autumn Countdown Machine (5:32) 2. John White - Son of Gothic Chord (10:14) 3. John White - Jew's Harp Machine (2:50) 4. John White - Drinking and Hooting Machine (4:54) 5. Gavin Bryars - The Squirrel and the Ricketty Racketty Bridge (21:10)
Disc 09 - Gavin Bryars - Irma; An Opera by Tom Phillips (1978) 1. Gavin Bryars - Introduction (4:50) 2. Gavin Bryars - Overture and Aria ("I tell you that's Irma herself") (6:51) 3. Gavin Bryars - First Interlude (5:27) 4. Gavin Bryars - Aria (1:47) 5. Gavin Bryars - ("Irma you will be mine) (2:40) 6. Gavin Bryars - Second Interlude (4:54) 7. Gavin Bryars - Chorus ("Love is help mate") (4:51) 8. Gavin Bryars - Postlude (4:18)
Disc 10 - Harold Budd - The Pavilion of Dreams (1978) 1. Harold Budd - Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim (1974) (18:27) 2. Harold Budd - Two Songs (1973-74) (6:24) 3. Harold Budd - Madrigals of the Rose Angel (1972) (14:20) 4. Harold Budd - Juno (1975) (8:24)
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