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La Funcion De Repulsa ‘Avzurdohs Momentoz Wnykoz’Today

Mexican experimental collective La Función De Repulsa started activities in 1986 as the trio of  Genital Production founder Juan Antonio Rotuno Espino, Gustavo Hernández and Luis Alberto Partida (from Humus). At the time of their 3rd cassette, Avzurdohs Momentoz Wnykoz, 1991, the band was augmented by Hugo Cedillo and Manuel Partida (also from Humus and [...]

Halana #3July 28

With Halana magazine (1995-1999), Chris Rice established a bridge between (early and post-) Minimalist musicians and the nascent, international drone and improv scene. Part of the charm of the magazine lied in the curiosity for and unprejudiced attitude towards lesser known musicians, as well as unreleased material by legendary composers (Bertoia, Palestine, Fahey, Haino, etc). [...]

Various – Mémoire Musicale des Iles SeychellesJuly 26

This 1978 LP on French label Expression Spontanée documents vernacular folk music from the Seychelles Islands, North of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The two main artists, Boboï and Tonpa, respectively 74 and 75 years old, sing in a particular version of Creole language.

Joseph Nechvatal ‘True And False’July 23

Above: J. Nechvatal & Leonard Abrams during live performance, ABC No Rio, NYC, 1981 (source) The reuse of the reuse, continued. In True and False, Joseph Nechvatal keeps on recycling the sonic debris of the spirited mid-1980s, and even reuses some samples and sound clips from a previous cassette, Sleep, 1983 (see here). The composer’s [...]

László Sáry ‘Öt Melankólikus Ének’July 21

A founder of the Budapest New Music Studio in 1970, along Zoltán Jeney and Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer László Sáry, born 1940, was opened to post-1968 Western avantgarde and especially Christian Wolff, he discovered during Darmstadt courses, possibly through his meeting with John Cage there. Sáry composed solo music for cimbalom or percussion, orchestral music, [...]