HENNING CHRISTIANSEN - Schafe Statt Geigen / "Verena" Vogelzymphon

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"Schafe statt Geigen (Sheep instead of Violins) and “Verena” Vogelzymphon (Bird Symphony) were composed in 1988 and 1990, first appearing as a tiny CD gallery edition issued by Bernd Klüser. Both works, each occupying a single of this LP edition, extend from one of Christiansen’s long standing conceptual strategies - deploying recordings of animals as stand-ins for musical instruments, cows (with dogs) and birds respectively. While each work allows these source to take the natural lead, at times masquerading as field recordings, both feature subtle tonal and electronic interventions by the composer, creating strange and brilliant compositions which shift the terms and subjects of music as they were long understood."

VINYL: NM

SLEEVE: NM

LABEL: Holidays Records - HOL 106

YEAR: 2023

NOTES: 2nd edition of 250 copies + book