Bird and Person Dyning

by Alvin Lucier

Bird and Person Dyning cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Cramps
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:33
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A seminal figure in the American avant-garde, the composer explores acoustic phenomena and psychoacoustics through electroacoustic processes. The title track features the artist moving through a performance space with binaural microphones, generating feedback from electronic birdcalls to create disorienting spatial illusions.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, atmospheric, natural, piercing

Tracklist

  1. The Duke Of York (20:21)
  2. Bird And Person Dyning (23:54)

Credits

  • Alvin Lucier - primary artist, voice [voce], performer [microphone]
  • Nicolas Collins - synthesizer [sintetizzatori], electronics [strumenti elettronici]
  • Stuart Marshall - synthesizer [sintetizzatori]
  • Ron Kuivila - electronics [strumenti elettronici]

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