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PALESTINE, CHARLEMAGNE & SIMONE FORTI - Illuminations

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Alga Marghen plana-PF 21VocSon082 Release Year: 2022 Note: great contemplative recordings from 1971 (glass harmonics, bells, voice, piano) in collaboration with Italian dancer SIMONE FORTI, this is the re-mastered new ed. from 2022 (365 copies) - [ in 2016, the piece was performed again in Middelburg at Vleeshal, NL, look for the VIMEO film ] Price (incl. 19% VAT): €22.50 More Info "the three previously unreleased recordings on this lp were made between october and december 1971. the first take titled "illumination" is for two voices moving in the space with small bells and crystal glasses while simone forti plays the molimo, a corrugated tube meant for connecting the gas stove. the second take titled "wed oct 13th 1971" has simone and charlemagne in a song dialogue as animals do. it was also at cal arts that charlemagne palestine first encountered a bosendorfer imperial piano of vienna. he played it often as simone danced during their "illuminations". take three is a song sang in falsetto while playing the bosendorfer imperial in an arpeggiated style that predates the "strummings". listening to these "three takes" 40 years later they oooozza timeless carefree mystical magical dreamy atmosphere that evoked the times of the late 60s to early 70s in charlemagne and simone part of the california art scene. illuminations were a unique open spontaneous form of performance, ritual and prayer. edition limited to 365 copies with an essay by both charlemagne palestine and simone forti, as well photos of the performances reproduced on the lp front sleeve." [LABEL INFO]