Music on a Long Thin Wire

by Alvin Lucier

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Lovely Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:20:00
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Alvin Lucier's 'Music on a Long Thin Wire' documents one of his most conceptually precise sound installations, generated from the interaction of wire, magnet, amplification, and resonance. The recording turns a simple physical system into a slowly changing drone environment.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, repetitive, instrumental, avant-garde, aleatory, experimental, minimal, conceptual, long-form, electronic, droning, strings, ambient

Tracklist

  1. Music On A Long Thin Wire
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Credits

  • Alvin Lucier - primary artist
  • Howie Weinberg - lacquer cut by

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