“William S. Burroughs is a cultural legend, having influenced several generations of writers and musicians. In this edgy piece he reads his still shocking “Dr. Benway” bit. With Jackie Curtis playing the nurse.“
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Musicians Unlock Mystery Melody in Chapel
A Scottish church which featured in the best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code” has revealed another mystery hidden in secret code for almost 600 years.
A father and son who became fascinated by symbols carved into the chapels arches say they have deciphered a musical score encrypted in them.
Thomas Mitchell, a 75-year-old musician and ex-Royal Air Force code breaker, and his composer and pianist son Stuart, described the piece as “frozen music.”
Iannis Xenakis – Electronic Music
“An essential CD of Xenakis’ electronic works, this disc reissues the entirety of the Nonesuch Electro-Acoustic Music disc, and adds two later pieces. The contents are Diamorphoses, Orient-Occident, Bohor, and Concret P-H from the Nonesuch disc, and Habiki Hana Ma and S.709. The first four are all classics of musique concrete, generated from the simplest of sounds (smouldering charcoal, wrist bracelets). The highlight is the monumental 20-minute Bohor, a milestone of ambient-industrial music. Habiki Hana Ma is from the 70s and uses orchestral sounds as its base material. The latest piece is the computer-generated S.709 from 1994, which in a word is amazing.” (David Martinelli)
Tracklisting:
1. Diamorphoses {6:55}
2. Concret PH {2:44}
3. Orient-Occident {10:58}
4. Bohor {21:38}
5. Hibiki-Hana-Ma {17:41}
6. S.709 {7:03}
