Natural History

by Alvin Curran

Natural History cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Editions Giannozzo
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Masterfully weaving environmental field recordings with manipulated tape fragments, 'Natural History' is a profound sonic exploration of acoustic ecology. Alvin Curran's work blurs the lines between organic environments and composed music, emphasizing deep listening and the inherent musicality of the natural world.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, atmospheric, natural, experimental, ambient, conceptual, minimal, nature, birds

Tracklist

  1. Moving The Lawn At 61
  2. A Million Starlings In Rome
  3. Electric Iron
  4. Two Cicadas In Liguria
  5. Maritime Rites/The Docks, Port Of Amsterdam '83, Bay Of La Spezia '82
  6. Little Italy, 4th Of July '83
  7. Jump Rope
  8. Loons In Merril Maine
  9. Child Loop Tunnel
  10. Monumenti-Opernmix '82
  11. Jump Rope
  12. Pile Driver Rock, NYC/Amsterdam '82-'83
  13. Via St. Elisabetta, Florence '68
  14. Hotel Locarno (Finale) '83
  15. Fly, La Serra '79
  16. Tuning
  17. Hoepoe, Pantagone '76
  18. Peacock
  19. Demolition, Frankfurt '81
  20. Monumenti Part III '82
  21. Peepers, Harmony Ranch '70

Credits

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