It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

by Nicolas Collins

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: Trace Elements Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:03
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pioneering work of early digital glitch and electronic manipulation, the American composer utilizes custom-built circuitry to radically deconstruct classical performances and spoken word narratives. The surreal, highly conceptual compositions frequently stutter, loop, and collapse into themselves, interrogating the physical nature of digital sound playback.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, monologue, noisy, experimental, spoken-word, electronic, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Tobabo Fonio (9:36)
  2. It Was A Dark And Stormy Night (27:27)

Credits

  • Dan Farkas - edited by [digital editing]
  • Susan Tallman - illustration [cover], written-by [text]
  • Mary Wooten - cello
  • The Soldier String Quartet - ensemble
  • Ron Lawrence - viola
  • Laura Seaton - violin
  • Guy Klucevsek - accordion
  • Tom Cora - cello

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