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[alanlicht]

New Book Musik podcast interview about Common Tones

I had a wonderful conversation with Tosh Berman and Kimley Maretzo about Common Tones for their Book Musik podcast. Check it out here.

[heirloomrug]

Dancing shadows and Heirloom rugs adding some warmth and texture to a recent @BlankForms event. Even weeks after hearing the powerful and transcendent sounds of Catherine Christer Hennix, we're still vibrating and feeling lifted 😌 #ihavethisthingwithrugs #blankforms #catherinechristerhennix #Ultrafinitism #nycarts transcendentaounds (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgxEoMBLqWc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artbookdap]

@nytimes critic Martha Schwendener recommends “Jerry Hunt: Transmissions From the Pleroma”⁠ — the first institutional exhibition dedicated to the videos and sculptures of composer-performer Jerry Hunt, on view @blankforms_ through June 11th, 2022 — AND the accompanying publication, 'Partners: A Biography of Jerry Hunt' by Stephen Housewright.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Schwendener writes: "Jerry Hunt (1943-93) was a lot of things: a 'virtuoso talker,' according to a new book devoted to the artist; a modern-day shaman who was a cross between a 1950s insurance salesman and the Beat writer William S. Burroughs; and an electronic music pioneer who lived in Texas but was better known in Europe. 'Transmissions From the Pleroma' at Blank Forms examines Hunt’s career, showcasing his videos, photographs of his outré performances, handwritten musical scores and enigmatic objects such as his totem-like 'wands,' made with the assemblage artist David McManaway.⁠ ⁠ Born in Waco, Texas, Hunt was trained as a classical pianist and plied his craft everywhere, from jazz clubs to strip clubs. However, he once said, 'I might have given up on music altogether if it hadn’t been for John Cage and the new emphasis he gave to communication.' Cage’s experimental influence can be felt everywhere in Hunt’s work, from videos in which he carries on absurd conversations to musical scores that look more like abstract drawings. The curious 'wands,' often used in performances, cobble together sticks, old gloves and hardware parts.⁠ ⁠ One deadpan video is titled 'How to Kill Yourself Using the Inhalation of Carbon Monoxide Gas' (1993). The work calls to mind the famous existentially tinged quote by the French writer Albert Camus: 'There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.' Hunt’s video adds to that proposition a consideration of everyone else who might be affected by that decision. Suicide, after all, as he stresses, involves more than the individual performer. ⁠ ⁠ #jerryhunt #TransmissionsFromthePleroma #jerryhuntbiography #blankforms #DavidMcManaway #StephenHousewright https://www.instagram.com/p/CbNrFpqL_fj/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Lasse Marhaug

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[dyingforbadmusic]

Happy belated birthday to Éliane Radigue, who turned 89 yesterday! This photo, taken by Radigue's son Yves Arman on April 6th, 1971, shows her installing for the performance of 'Chry-ptus' at the New York Cultural Center.

https://twitter.com/BlankForms/status/1353735471294197771

[takecovers]

BlankForms | The Volca Posts Brooke Herr 2018

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[diabolicalslc]

🚨🚨 NEW ARRIVALS 🚨🚨 A wonderful day for oddities! •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° 1) Hüma Utku - Gnosis (@karlrecords ) A blend of abstract electronics, and ritualistic throbbing beats with field recordings and ambience on a stunning debut LP. °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• 2) Keiji Haino & Charles Hayward - A Loss Permitted... (@3333label ) It's Keiji Haino and Charles Hayward. That's all you need to know. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° 3) Oren Ambarchi, Mark Fell, Will Guthrie & Sam Shalabi - Oglon Day (@3333label ) Any two of these four would make this a must own. An effortless blend of their seemingly disparate approaches; an inspired meeting if the acoustic and the electronic, the composed and the improvised. °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• 4) V/A - Seito: In The Beginning, Woman Was The Sun (@akuphone_official ) A wonderful collection of seven originals by some of the most exciting women in Japanese electronic and experimental music. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° 5) Catherine Christer Hennix - Selections From 100 Models Of Hegikan Roku (@blankforms ) Unreleased archival recordings by Swedish composer, philosopher, poet, mathematician, and visual artist. °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• 6) Ernstalbrecht Stiebler - Reworks (@karlrecords ) A beautiful reworking of 5 of Stiebler's most beloved pieces by artists, with different musical backgrounds, using Stiebler's minimalist techniques. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° 7) Merzbow & Vanity Productions - Coastal Erosion (#IdealRecordings ) It's Merzbow! °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• 8) Vatican Shadow - Byzantine Private CIA (#HospitalProductions ) Fresh off scoring Midsommar, Vatican Shadows earliest and most impossible to find recordings get reissued. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° 9) Not Waving & Dark Mark - Downwelling (#Ecstatic ) Not Waving is en fuego right now. Mark Lanegan is Mark Lanegan. °•°•°•°•°•°•°•°• 10) Kollaps - Mechanical Christ (#ColdSpring ) So good! (at Diabolical Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1KWUozhypV/?igshid=utg5y2cdgmf4

[geoxxxwyex]

Masayuki Takayanagi: My Friend, Blood Shaking My Heart (excerpt) by Blank Forms #np on #SoundCloud

https://soundcloud.com/blankforms/masayuki-takayanagi-my-friend-blood-shaking-my-heart-excerpt