Dresden-Venezia-Megaton
by Gordon Mumma
- Type: Album
- Released: 1979
- Label: Lovely Music, Ltd.
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:00
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Utilizing heavily processed field recordings and complex electronic circuitry, Gordon Mumma constructs a visceral, deeply challenging exploration of sonic dissonance. 'Dresden-Venezia-Megaton' functions as a harrowing piece of sound art, manipulating harsh noise and found audio to evoke themes of historical destruction and technological dread. The record is a foundational, uncompromising milestone of the American experimental music scene.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, instrumental, dissonant, noisy, experimental, electronic, political, conceptual
Tracklist
Credits
- Tony Dey - percussion
- George Manupelli - performer [electro-acoustical sculptures]
- Harold Borkin - performer [electro-acoustical sculptures]
- Joseph Wehrer - performer [electro-acoustical sculptures]
- Milton Cohen - performer [electro-acoustical sculptures]
- Robert Ashley - performer [electro-acoustical sculptures]