La Coda Della Tigre
Prima Materia
La Coda Della Tigre
Boomkat Product Review:
Fascinating out-sound private press weirdness here recorded in 1977 by Alvin Curran. Completely unique vocal drones - no electronics! - for anyone into La Monte Young or Meredith Monk.
In 1973, Italian composer Roberto Laneri assembled an improvisational vocal ensemble using singers who were completely untrained. He wanted to develop sounds that existed outside the academic form, and come up with original techniques that pushed the boundaries of established vocal music. Over the next few years, Laneri, alongside Claudio Ricciardi, Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanne Hendricks, worked out a method of using overtones to extend drones and mimic synthesizers and harmonium sounds with untreated throat techniques. Decades later, the group's sole album "La Coda Della Tigre" still sounds like nothing else.
The album was recorded by acclaimed minimalist Alvin Curran, and initially released on Ananda, the label he ran alongside Laneri and Giacinto Scelsi."The music of Prima Materia may sound radically new, yet at the same time it is likely to ring some distant bell and evoke ancient emotions," read the album's liner notes. It's a statement that still feels relevant - there's an ancient, ritualistic sound to "La Coda Della Tigre" but its construction feels advanced and futuristic. The album sits neatly alongside minimalist work from Terry Riley or La Monte Young, or Meredith Monk's dynamic vocal experiments, but needs to be heard to be believed. Fantastic music.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Fascinating out-sound private press weirdness here recorded in 1977 by Alvin Curran. Completely unique vocal drones - no electronics! - for anyone into La Monte Young or Meredith Monk.
In 1973, Italian composer Roberto Laneri assembled an improvisational vocal ensemble using singers who were completely untrained. He wanted to develop sounds that existed outside the academic form, and come up with original techniques that pushed the boundaries of established vocal music. Over the next few years, Laneri, alongside Claudio Ricciardi, Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanne Hendricks, worked out a method of using overtones to extend drones and mimic synthesizers and harmonium sounds with untreated throat techniques. Decades later, the group's sole album "La Coda Della Tigre" still sounds like nothing else.
The album was recorded by acclaimed minimalist Alvin Curran, and initially released on Ananda, the label he ran alongside Laneri and Giacinto Scelsi."The music of Prima Materia may sound radically new, yet at the same time it is likely to ring some distant bell and evoke ancient emotions," read the album's liner notes. It's a statement that still feels relevant - there's an ancient, ritualistic sound to "La Coda Della Tigre" but its construction feels advanced and futuristic. The album sits neatly alongside minimalist work from Terry Riley or La Monte Young, or Meredith Monk's dynamic vocal experiments, but needs to be heard to be believed. Fantastic music.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fascinating out-sound private press weirdness here recorded in 1977 by Alvin Curran. Completely unique vocal drones - no electronics! - for anyone into La Monte Young or Meredith Monk.
In 1973, Italian composer Roberto Laneri assembled an improvisational vocal ensemble using singers who were completely untrained. He wanted to develop sounds that existed outside the academic form, and come up with original techniques that pushed the boundaries of established vocal music. Over the next few years, Laneri, alongside Claudio Ricciardi, Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanne Hendricks, worked out a method of using overtones to extend drones and mimic synthesizers and harmonium sounds with untreated throat techniques. Decades later, the group's sole album "La Coda Della Tigre" still sounds like nothing else.
The album was recorded by acclaimed minimalist Alvin Curran, and initially released on Ananda, the label he ran alongside Laneri and Giacinto Scelsi."The music of Prima Materia may sound radically new, yet at the same time it is likely to ring some distant bell and evoke ancient emotions," read the album's liner notes. It's a statement that still feels relevant - there's an ancient, ritualistic sound to "La Coda Della Tigre" but its construction feels advanced and futuristic. The album sits neatly alongside minimalist work from Terry Riley or La Monte Young, or Meredith Monk's dynamic vocal experiments, but needs to be heard to be believed. Fantastic music.
Boomkat Product Review:
Fascinating out-sound private press weirdness here recorded in 1977 by Alvin Curran. Completely unique vocal drones - no electronics! - for anyone into La Monte Young or Meredith Monk.
In 1973, Italian composer Roberto Laneri assembled an improvisational vocal ensemble using singers who were completely untrained. He wanted to develop sounds that existed outside the academic form, and come up with original techniques that pushed the boundaries of established vocal music. Over the next few years, Laneri, alongside Claudio Ricciardi, Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanne Hendricks, worked out a method of using overtones to extend drones and mimic synthesizers and harmonium sounds with untreated throat techniques. Decades later, the group's sole album "La Coda Della Tigre" still sounds like nothing else.
The album was recorded by acclaimed minimalist Alvin Curran, and initially released on Ananda, the label he ran alongside Laneri and Giacinto Scelsi."The music of Prima Materia may sound radically new, yet at the same time it is likely to ring some distant bell and evoke ancient emotions," read the album's liner notes. It's a statement that still feels relevant - there's an ancient, ritualistic sound to "La Coda Della Tigre" but its construction feels advanced and futuristic. The album sits neatly alongside minimalist work from Terry Riley or La Monte Young, or Meredith Monk's dynamic vocal experiments, but needs to be heard to be believed. Fantastic music.
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