Disengage
by Jim O'Rourke
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1992
- Label: Touch
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:37:04
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Composed using heavily processed tapes and digital synthesis, this early solo release from the prolific American avant-garde musician presents an incredibly sparse and austere vision of drone music. The two extended compositions demand immense patience, slowly unfurling into a dark, glacial, and almost entirely static sonic environment.
Genres
Descriptors: repetitive, aquatic, microtonal, minimalistic, experimental, avant-garde, effects-laden, long-form, ambient, droning, noisy
Tracklist
- Mere (Part 1) (15:31)
- Mere (Part 2) (17:09)
- Mere (Part 3) (13:13)
- A Young Person's Guide to Drowning (Part 1) (23:09)
- A Young Person's Guide to Drowning (Part 2) (28:02)
Credits
- Jim O'Rourke - primary artist, composed by
- Warren Fischer - composed by [with], accompanied by [with], violin
- Jeff Cortazzo - musician [additional], bass, trombone [trombones]
- Sue Wolf - musician [additional], cello
- Michael Prime - musician [additional], electronics [shortwave]
- Geoff Fontaine - musician [additional], voice
- Gretchen Wells - musician [additional], voice
- Matt Guerierri - musician [additional], voice