MOORE, THURSTON / MY CAT IS AN ALIEN — From The earth To The Spheres

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Very Friendly / Opax Records VF015CD
Release Year: 2004
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„Die CD Version der ultralimiterten Opax Vinylauflage (100 Stück). Thurston Moore eröffnet das Album mit dem 21minütigen "American Coffin", einer eher improvisierten Piano-Attacke, die an Dave Burrell's Geniestreiche der legendären "Echo" LP auf Jazz Actuel und an einige der wildesten Meisterwerke von Stockhausen erinnert. Der Track wird fragmentiert durch noisige Feedback-Splitter, heulenden Gitarren und Sound-Collagen. Der Titeltrack Der Track von MY CAT IS AN ALIEN heisst "Brilliance In The Outer Space" und wird seinem namen gerecht: Musik aus Space-Sounds und Sound-Skulpturen. Die Arbeit der audiovisuellen Konzept-Künstler MY CAT IS AN ALIEN basiert auf improvisierten Kompositionen und sind beeinflusst vom frühen amerikanischen Minimalismus von Avantgarde-Pionieren wie JOHN CAGE und SUN RA. Die Space-Drones von MY CAT IS AN ALIEN erschienen bislang auf Eclipse sowie Thurston Moores Ecstatic Peace Label. CD VERSION OF THE RIDICULOUSLY LIMITED OPAX VINYL RELEASE (100 ONLY). THURSTON MOORE STARTS THINGS OFF WITH A 21 MINUTE PIECE CALLED "AMERICAN COFFIN" ENGAGING IN IMPROV PIANO ACTION THAT RECALLS BOTH DAVE BURRELL'S GENIUS ON THE LEGENDARY "ECHO" LP ON JAZZ ACTUEL AND TEXTURES ON SOME OF STOCKHAUSEN'S WILDEST MASTERPIECES. THE TRACK IS FRAGMENTED BY SPLINTERS OF SONIC FEEDBACKS, HOWLING GUITAR AND EVERY SORT OF MUSICAL COLLAGE INSERTS, ALL PERMEATED BY A CLOUD OF DUST AND DEBRIS. MY CAT IS AN ALIENS TRACK IS ENTITLED "BRILLIANCE IN THE OUTER SPACE", - MUSIC MADE OF SPACE SOUNDS FLOWING FREELY IN BOTH INNER AND OUTER DIMENSIONS; SOUND SCULPTORS AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTISTS MY CAT IS AN ALIEN BASE MOST OF THEIR WORK AND RESEARCH ON PURELY IMPROVISED COMPOSITIONS, ERECTING MINIMAL TEXTURES CREATED ESSENTIALLY BY GUITAR SPACE-DRONES INFLUENCED BY EARLY AMERICAN MINIMALISM AND THE CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MODUS OPERANDI OF AVANT-PIONEERS SUCH AS JOHN CAGE AND SUN RA. MY CAT IS AN ALIEN HAVE RELEASED ALBUMS ON ECLIPSE & THURSTON MOORES OWN ECSTATIC PEACE LABEL (THE 3-SIDED "LANDSCAPES OF AN ELECTRIC CITY")” [label info]