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| Cornelius Cardew's opus magnus Treatise is a 193-page graphicscore written between 1963 and 1967 while he was performing with theimprovisation group AMM. The score's graphic notation, with itsintricately devised graphic lines, shapes and symbols, was intended toquestion the limits of compositional practice. Decisions concerningpitch, timbre and duration, along with the choice of instruments andthe number of performers, are left entirely to the discretion of thosewilling to devise the rules and means for its performance. Thisrealisation of 4 pages from Treatise by Keith Rowe (tabletopguitar) and Oren Ambarchi (guitar), possibly the most powerful everachieved, was recorded live at Bimhuis in Amsterdam on Feb 8th 2009.Rowe and Ambarchi use the guitar as a point of departure for completelynew techniques and sound environments. Already in the 1960s Rowe made aradical departure from traditional jazz, redefining the guitar in theBritish collective AMM. He prefers to lay the instrument on the tableto manipulate its sound with springs, fans, office appliances andelectronics. Ambarchi, also in Sunn O))), Menstruation Sisters andBurial Chamber Trio, predominantly mould guitar sounds into dark sonicpatterns. Cornelius Cardew might be considered the most relevantcontemporary composer from Great Britain. In the end of the 1950sKarlheinz Stockhausen was very impressed by Cardew's abilities as amusician and his knowledge of new music and invited him to participateto the historical 'Kontrefestival' concerts in Cologne (an importantpre-fluxus event). In 1960 Cardew was at Darmstadt were he met JohnCage, David Tudor and among others Walter Marchetti. Cage'sexperimental techniques were very inspiring for Cardew who, in 1969founded the Scratch Orchestra, a large, rotating group of professionaland amateur performers committed to collective experimentation whichmight be considered as one of the most convincing collectiveexperiments in the history of 20th century avant-garde culture. Editionlimited to 300 copies, reproducing, on the sleeve and the innersleeve,the 4 pages from Treatise performed by Rowe-Ambarchi. |
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Oren Ambarchi (guitar); Keith Rowe (tabletop guitar) |
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