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Sound American 16: The Complete Language Music Solos

by Sound American 16: Anthony Braxton

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albert pin You don’t need an intimate familiarity with the Braxton twelve essential Language Music Types, on which these thirteen pieces are based, in order to enjoy a very stimulating and absorbing experience. Each of these pieces is a gem. Favorite track: Language Music 9: Legato Formings-Tomeka Reid (cello).
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Noël Akchoté Highly Remarkable Work(s)!
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Stefano All the reasons that bring me to love Anthony Braxton's music carefully collected in an album. An exhaustive introduction to the music of this master and at the same time a discover for the lovers of this works. Kyoto Kitamura piece brings sound to new frontiers and opens interesting perspectives on the future evolutions of the language of this XX Century master. Favorite track: Combinatory Logics: (Trillium J (Ntzockie)+LM5+LM10+LM7+LM11+Trillium J)-Kyoko Kitamura (voice).
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Sound American and the Tri-Centric Foundation is pleased to release this rare sonic trip inside Anthony Braxton's twelve essential Language Music Types. Recorded at Firehouse 12 studios in July 2016, thirteen musicians that have worked closely with the composer, some for decades, were given one Language Type each. They were asked to perform the type (multiphonic, long sounds, etc.) very plainly for auditory examples in SA16, but were then allowed to build upon the limitation, in the way that Braxton intended, manipulating the language type itself, or combining it with others to create, what the composer refers to as, combinatory logics. Ultimately, the pieces became more than fascinating illuminatory case studies of a system. As is the end result of all of Anthony Braxton's complex and rich musical cosmology, these pieces became highly personal music.

For more information about how the Language Music works, its impact on the rest of Braxton's composition, and to find out more about an incredibly diverse, personal, and iconoclastic musical vision, go to www.soundamerican.org to read the rest of SA16: The Anthony Braxton Issue!

All proceeds from download sales of this very special set of solo performances will be split equally between Sound American and the Tri-Centric Foundation and used to continue their separate cultural endeavors.

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released September 12, 2016

Recorded July 17 at the Firehouse 12 Warehouse Studio, Greg DiCrosta, engineer with special thanks to Greg, Nick Lloyd and Firehouse 12, and all the participants!

Photo of Anthony Braxton by Peter Gannushkin

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