Early Minimalism: Volume One
by Tony Conrad
- Type: Album
- Released: 18 November 1997
- Label: Table of the Elements
- Country: United States
- Length: 3:23:28
- Community rating: 4.19/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A foundational masterwork of drone minimalism composed of immense, sustained microtonal frequencies. The collection captures a dense, hypnotic, and spiritually overwhelming approach to early minimalist orchestration.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, repetitive, microtonal, minimalistic, noisy, experimental, minimal, long-form, dissonant, droning, strings, avant-garde
Tracklist
- Four Violins (1964) (32:30)
- Early Minimalism: April 1965 (53:38)
- Early Minimalism: May 1965 (56:57)
- Early Minimalism: June 1965 (Part 1) (28:02)
- Early Minimalism: June 1965 (Part 2) (32:21)
Credits
- Brad Taylor - video editor [enhanced cd programming]
- Jon Philpot - video editor [enhanced cd video editing], editor
- Tyler Hubby - video editor [enhanced cd video editing], editor
- Jan Tilman Schade - cello [electric]
- Matthias Bauer - double bass [electric]
- Lutz Wernicke - electric violin
- Elke Brauweiler - viola [electric]
- Alexandria Gelencser - cello [electric]