The Last LP: Unique Last Recordings of the Music of Ancient Cultures

by Michael Snow

The Last LP: Unique Last Recordings of the Music of Ancient Cultures cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Art Metropole
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 56:59
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The renowned Canadian visual artist and avant-garde musician crafted a brilliant, elaborate conceptual hoax with this release. 'The Last LP' purportedly documents the dying musical traditions of isolated global cultures, but all tracks were entirely fabricated and performed by Snow himself using multitrack studio manipulation. The record is a profound, satirical exploration of ethnography and acoustic perception.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, atonal, avant-garde, experimental, conceptual, genre-blending, diverse

Tracklist

  1. Wu Ting Dee Lin Chao Cheu (Announcing The Arrival Of Emperor Wu Ting) (6:22)
  2. Si Nopo Da (By What Signs Will I Come To Understand?) (3:53)
  3. Ohwachira (9:49)
  4. I Ching Dee Yen Tzen (The Strings Of Love) (3:52)
  5. Full To The Brim (0:38)
  6. Speech In Klogen (2:20)
  7. Mbowunsa Mpahiya (8:08)
  8. Quuiasukpuq (2:22)
  9. Amitabha Chenden Kala (6:44)
  10. Roiakuriluo (9:52)
  11. Raga Lalat (2:59)

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