WIESE, JOHN - Deviate from Balance

Format: do-LP

Label & Cat.Number: Gilgongo Records GGGR-077

Release Year: 2015

Note: extensive collection of very diverse works (10 pieces/recordings, 2003-2014) by the prolific 'radical composer' and SUNN O))) live-member from L.A.: installation & scored ensemble pieces, collaborations and live performance recordings, feat. JON ROSE, MAJA S. RATKJE, C. SPENCER YEH, JOSEPH HAMMER, IKUE MORI, OREN AMBARCHI, and many more.. lim. 500 gatefold cover

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"John Wiese's long awaited Deviate From Balance is the artist's first album since 2011's Seven Of Wands (PAN). Recorded throughout Europe/UK, Australia, and the US, the album includes scored ensemble pieces including over 20 musicians on each, recorded in Melbourne and Portland, as well as audio documentation of installation pieces Wind Changed Direction, a four-channel sound piece presented in the garden of the Getty Center (curated by Liars), and Battery Instruments, an eight-channel piece presented at HSP in New Zealand, now heard for the first time. Also included are various collaborations and recordings from live performances. At over 80 minutes, Deviate From Balance has been packaged as a 2×LP with tip-on gatefold jackets. Musicians appearing include Joseph Hammer, Ikue Mori, Evan Parker, C Spencer Yeh, Joe Preston, Smegma and countless more. The material is extremely diverse and services as a comprehensive and detailed document of this prolific individuals work over the past several years." [label info]

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