Tombstones

by Michael Pisaro-Liu

Tombstones cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Human Ear
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:36
  • Community rating: 3.05/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally composed between 2006 and 2010, this collection by the Wandelweiser-associated composer utilizes text fragments primarily sourced from various poetry and gravestones. The arrangements are profoundly sparse, employing incredibly deliberate, isolated acoustic instrumentation to frame the hushed, spoken-word deliveries. It acts as an intensely quiet, deeply meditative auditory experience exploring themes of mortality and silence.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, minimalistic, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Blues fall (2006) (5:59)
  2. Tombstone (2009 (2:32)
  3. Fool (2010) (4:11)
  4. Very Clear (2009) (5:35)
  5. The outside of everything (Edit) (2010) (3:16)
  6. The darkness is falling (2007) (7:03)

Credits

  • Michael Pisaro-Liu - primary artist, composed by
  • Julia Holter - primary artist, voice
  • Genevieve Lutkin - artwork by
  • Andrew Lafkas - bass
  • Katie Porter - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Ron Wiltrout - keyboards, percussion, voice
  • Sam Sfirri - melodica, piano
  • Murat Colak - restoration

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