| Description | : SUB ROSA SR178, 2001; FIRST EVER CD OF MUSICAL WORKS OF THE FAMOUS VIDEO ARTIST FROM KOREA! , THIS IS A WIDE PANORAMA OF NAM JUNE PAIK WORK AS MUSICIAN - HOMMAGE À JOHN CAGE (1958-1959), ÉTUDE FOR PIANOFORTE (1959-1960) AND SIMPLE (1961) ARE GOOD EXEMPLE OF NEODADA MUSIC AND DE-STRUCTURATION IN THE LATE 50', THIS IS BASICALLY IRREVERENT AUDIO-COLLAGES. PREPARED PIANO FOR MERCE CUNNINGHAM (1977) CAPTURES AN IMPROVISED PERFORMANCE BY PAIK ON A DE-TUNED PIANO. WHILE PREPARED FOR MERCE CUNNINGHAM WAS LATER MIXED AND EDITED FOR USE BY CUNNINGHAM, THIS RAW, STRAIGHT -TO-TAPE VERSION IS FAVORED BY PAIK. DUETT: PAIK/TAKIS (1979) THIS IS THE ONLY PIECE ALREADY RELEASED (BY 20 YEARS AGO ON A LIMITED VINYL EDITION) PAIK IMPROVISES ON PIANO AND VOICE, WHILE TAKIS PERFORMS ON HIS METAL SCULPTURES. [PRESS-RELEASE] |
