Kagel & Karlheinz Stockhausen - Transicion II (vinyl rip)
I know little about Stockhausen besides "great pioneer", "inspired Kraftwerk and Bjork", "not good for parties" and "made music for four helicopters".
have not heard this LP yet but as Stockhausen is a rad dude and Thee inspiration for most Krautrock, this is a find.
i'll be back with my 2 cents later.
review;
Stockhausen-Kagel, is primo bad boy music. “Zyklus,” the first Stockhausen piece, demonstrates his skill with percussion, which is comprised of sparse and airy jabs at silence. It comes to no conclusions, but I respect its anarchic thrust. I wish “Refrain” would have explored different territory, but it just seems like more of the same, only with piano. The random shouts add a touch of spice. Kagel’s “Transición II” is a bit shocking the way it shamelessly mirrors the Stockhausen pieces. Were the two composers trying to imitate each other? Is “Transición I” any different? Volume 3, “live electronic music improvised” has two cuts, each created by multiple musicians (or technicians). The first, “mev: spacecraft,” sounds like two people kicking metal pots around in the next room. Nothing wrong with that--it’s not particularly loud or clangy--but it lacks intriguing patterns (or even ideas) and inflicts puzzling intervals of silence. The second piece, “amm,” clomps and crashes through a soundscape that’s more grating than clever (unlike Stockhausen’s innovative electronics-only version of “Kontakte”). Buy this set if you are a) an archivist of the modern, or b) don’t mind music with a touch of hell now and then.
A1 Zyklus -14:09 (you may have to use the youtube converter for this song)
(Marimba [Marimbaphone], Guiro, Drums [Two Wood African Tree Drums], Bells [Suspended Indian], Percussion [Side Drum], Tom Tom [Four], Cymbal [Two], Percussion [High Hat], Triangle [Two], Vibraphone, Cowbell [Four], Gong, Gong [Tam-tam], Performer [Soft And Hard Sticks Of Different Materials]
A2 Refrain -8:15
(Celesta [Celeste], Cymbal [Antique]
Piano, Percussion [Wood Blocks]
Vibraphone, Cowbell, Glockenspiel)
B Transición II -17:35
Percussion - Christoph Caskel
Piano - David Tudor
side A ...side B ...
I know little about Stockhausen besides "great pioneer", "inspired Kraftwerk and Bjork", "not good for parties" and "made music for four helicopters".
have not heard this LP yet but as Stockhausen is a rad dude and Thee inspiration for most Krautrock, this is a find.
i'll be back with my 2 cents later.
review;
Stockhausen-Kagel, is primo bad boy music. “Zyklus,” the first Stockhausen piece, demonstrates his skill with percussion, which is comprised of sparse and airy jabs at silence. It comes to no conclusions, but I respect its anarchic thrust. I wish “Refrain” would have explored different territory, but it just seems like more of the same, only with piano. The random shouts add a touch of spice. Kagel’s “Transición II” is a bit shocking the way it shamelessly mirrors the Stockhausen pieces. Were the two composers trying to imitate each other? Is “Transición I” any different? Volume 3, “live electronic music improvised” has two cuts, each created by multiple musicians (or technicians). The first, “mev: spacecraft,” sounds like two people kicking metal pots around in the next room. Nothing wrong with that--it’s not particularly loud or clangy--but it lacks intriguing patterns (or even ideas) and inflicts puzzling intervals of silence. The second piece, “amm,” clomps and crashes through a soundscape that’s more grating than clever (unlike Stockhausen’s innovative electronics-only version of “Kontakte”). Buy this set if you are a) an archivist of the modern, or b) don’t mind music with a touch of hell now and then.
A1 Zyklus -14:09 (you may have to use the youtube converter for this song)
(Marimba [Marimbaphone], Guiro, Drums [Two Wood African Tree Drums], Bells [Suspended Indian], Percussion [Side Drum], Tom Tom [Four], Cymbal [Two], Percussion [High Hat], Triangle [Two], Vibraphone, Cowbell [Four], Gong, Gong [Tam-tam], Performer [Soft And Hard Sticks Of Different Materials]
A2 Refrain -8:15
(Celesta [Celeste], Cymbal [Antique]
Piano, Percussion [Wood Blocks]
Vibraphone, Cowbell, Glockenspiel)
B Transición II -17:35
Percussion - Christoph Caskel
Piano - David Tudor
side A ...
side B ...
