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Title:  45:18 Artist:  Keith Rowe, Artificial Memory Trace, Thurston Moore; Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening Band and guest Label:  Korm Plastics Format:  CD Price:  € 14.80   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
"Perhaps the most controversial composition of the twentieth century is John Cage's '4:33'. Performed for the first time in 1952 by David Tudor, the piece consisted of opening the piano lid, and closing it after the given time, without having played a single note. Silence became music. Some years ago composer Roel Meelkop suggested to Meeuw Muzak a compilation CD of various interpretations of '4:33'. After years of compiling and harsh judgement, nine versions were selected. '4:33' is performed here by Keith Rowe, Voice Crack, Jio Shimuzo, Tsudo Tsunoda, Alignment (Mark Posyden & Radboud Mens), Artificial Memory Trace, Pauline Olivieros, Thurston Moore, Clive Graham. Also included are two extensive liner notes by Frans de Waard and Mark Poysden. As Meeuw Muzak releases no CD's, the whole project is now being released by Korm Plastics. As radical as the original composition, the nine interpretations range, of course, from sheer silence to sheer noise and digital data streams."

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