David Behrman

'the illking' from Mouse on Mars' Idiology is essentially a tribute / ripoff of Leapday Night

http://www.furious.com/perfect/behrman.html

http://www.johncage.info/cdlabels/columbiamt1.html

http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3NQC1QA3L28JM0GR75UEHVG9CU

will you be 25 in the year 2000?

"Pools of Phase Locked Loops" is as deep as it gets, much more elemental and psychedout than leapday. as close as you can get to dreaming while retaining full motor control over your toes.

I've only got Leapday Night and A Traveller's Dream Journal. I hadn't noticed how similar that Mouse on Mars track is to Leapday Night!!

http://www.soulseduction.com/common/item_detail.php?ItemID=162539

his episode in robert ashley's 'aether' is notable for the long silences. I'm pretty sure it was filmed up at the marin highlands overlook, near the same abandoned military tunnels the Mills faculty would hold concerts in around the early 70's

ken's put an mp3 up of the musical performance from the 2nd half of this episode

http://www.ubu.com/sound/aether.html

Interspecies Smalltalk?

The violin on interspc smtk breaks my heart

^^^ came here to say this

http://thequietus.com/articles/17785-jan-st-werner-mouse-on-mars-favourite-albums-interview?page=5

ok I correct my upthread post, not leapday night

jan's new solo records are great. I enjoy most of the Lithop stuff especially Didot but he's turned another corner with the recent stuff

see you there

https://issueprojectroom.org/event/sold-out-sonic-arts-union-david-behrman-alvin-lucier-gordon-mumma-robert-ashley-memoriam
https://issueprojectroom.org/event/sonic-arts-union-david-behrman-alvin-lucier-gordon-mumma-robert-ashley-memoriam-special-guests

night 1

Alvin Lucier: Double Helix (2018) - Oren Ambarchi, Stephen O'Malley, Bernhard Rietbrock, Jan Thoben
Gordon Mumma: From the Rendition Series (2006) - Joseph Kubera & Gordon Mumma
Robert Ashley: Love is a Good Example (1993) - Gelsey Bell, Aliza Simons Dave Ruder
Alvin Lucier: Tilted Arc (2018) - Trevor Saint
David Behrman: Long Throw (2007/2018) - David Behrman, John King, Joseph Kubera, Cleek Schrey

night 2: A History of Sonic Arts Union presented by Gordon Mumma

Gordon Mumma: Large Size Mograph 1962 (1962) - Joseph Kubera
Paula Matthusen with Philip White: outline unlabled
Alvin Lucier: Chambers (1968)
Alvin Lucier: Vespers (1969)
James Fei: Sine of Merit III (2017)
David Behrman: Runthrough (1967-68) - David Behrman, crys cole, Cleek Schrey
Oren Ambarchi & crys cole: Call Myself (2017) & Francis Debacle (Uno) (2017)
Robert Ashley: In Memoriam: Esteban Gomez (1963)

On the Other Ocean is a really special record. More than any other electronics-based album from the 70s it strikes me as timeless, like it could have been recorded yesterday. This mostly has to do with the timbre of the computer-controlled synths, which have a pure, clean glow not tied to any specific era as synths often are. Sometimes they sound to me like the drone of idling jet engines and airplane electronics that you hear when you board a plane. The timelessness is also in the harmonic/melodic content--essentially the ancient, primal, emotionally neutral pentatonic scale.

For me it's maybe the most successful musical attempt by anyone to meld (hu)man and machine. The way the woodwinds on the title piece interact with those synths (via the computer named Kim-1) sounds exquisitely organic, evoking the flow of matter and energy through an aquatic ecosystem. I think it's crucial that Behrman chose instruments powered by human breath, though he achieved a similar effect with cello and electronics on side two's "Figure In A Clearing."

Anyway this post probably reads like stoned bullshit, but this record really makes me feel some type of way. I love Behrman's later stuff too, but On the Other Ocean is the one I'm bringing to the desert island.

I will give that record another shot. I've spent some time with "Unforeseen Events" in the past few years, and have really enjoyed that one.

Thanks for this great write-up!

yes great post and yea beautiful record!

Great post and love this album very much. *Leapday Night* is my other Behrman go to.

love leapday night. is there anything else like it in the world?

for computer music + live things, I also really like Roberto Cacciapaglia's Sei note in logica. it's a different take tho, very reich/minimalism, but with spurts of electronics/voices.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1338597-Roberto-Cacciapaglia-Sei-Note-In-Logica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGclqV8tOQ

https://www.strandedrecords.com/products/roberto-cacciapaglia-sei-note-in-logica-lp-cd

Re: Sei Note In Logica, YES! I almost mentioned it in my post as one of the few records comparable to On the Other Ocean in its use of live instruments and computer-controlled synths. It's also really interesting tonally--it emulates Reich and Glass big time, but the vocals have a wacky quality that gives it more levity than those guys' works typically have. Throw in some synth bleeps and bloops and you got a stew goin'