La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela
31 VII 69 10:26 - 10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45 - 3:11 AM The Volga Delta
Invaluable reissue of the debut collaboration between La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, popularly known as "The Black Album."
Originally available in a private pressed edition of 2800 copies in Germany, 1969, the (married since '63) duo's earliest joint release presents two sizeable drone compositions, each performed and recorded at the precise date and time given in each track title.
Side 1's '31 VII 69 10:26-10:49' for voice and sine wave drone is a mesmerising and exotic projection recorded at Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munchen, and manifesting a sub-section of the even larger work, 'The Tortoise, His Dreams And Journeys'. Side 2, '23 VIII 64 2:50:45 - 3:11AM The Volga Delta' on the other hand, is a purely instrumental piece for bowed gongs, engulfing us in a sound bath of sonorous, multi-dimensional harmonic complexity achieved using varying extended technique. Make sure to dive in head first.
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2023 Re-issue.
Estimated Release Date: 31 March 2023
Please note that shipping dates for pre-orders are estimated and are subject to change
Invaluable reissue of the debut collaboration between La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, popularly known as "The Black Album."
Originally available in a private pressed edition of 2800 copies in Germany, 1969, the (married since '63) duo's earliest joint release presents two sizeable drone compositions, each performed and recorded at the precise date and time given in each track title.
Side 1's '31 VII 69 10:26-10:49' for voice and sine wave drone is a mesmerising and exotic projection recorded at Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munchen, and manifesting a sub-section of the even larger work, 'The Tortoise, His Dreams And Journeys'. Side 2, '23 VIII 64 2:50:45 - 3:11AM The Volga Delta' on the other hand, is a purely instrumental piece for bowed gongs, engulfing us in a sound bath of sonorous, multi-dimensional harmonic complexity achieved using varying extended technique. Make sure to dive in head first.
2023 re-issue.
Estimated Release Date: 31 March 2023
Please note that shipping dates for pre-orders are estimated and are subject to change
Invaluable reissue of the debut collaboration between La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, popularly known as "The Black Album."
Originally available in a private pressed edition of 2800 copies in Germany, 1969, the (married since '63) duo's earliest joint release presents two sizeable drone compositions, each performed and recorded at the precise date and time given in each track title.
Side 1's '31 VII 69 10:26-10:49' for voice and sine wave drone is a mesmerising and exotic projection recorded at Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munchen, and manifesting a sub-section of the even larger work, 'The Tortoise, His Dreams And Journeys'. Side 2, '23 VIII 64 2:50:45 - 3:11AM The Volga Delta' on the other hand, is a purely instrumental piece for bowed gongs, engulfing us in a sound bath of sonorous, multi-dimensional harmonic complexity achieved using varying extended technique. Make sure to dive in head first.