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Dolmen Music
''Dolmen Music'' is a 1981 studio album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk. Recorded in March 1980 and January 1981, it was released on the ECM New Series label. The recording is Monk's first of 12 recordings with the ECM record label. DJ Shadow sampled "Dolmen Music" on the track "Midnight in a Perfect World" from '' Endtroducing.....'' (1996). ''NME'' named it as the 42nd best album of 1981. In 2017, NPR placed it at number 147 on its list of the "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women". Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes. * Meredith Monk — voice, piano * Collin Walcott Collin Walcott (April 24, 1945 – November 8, 1984) was an American musician who worked in jazz and world music. Early life Walcott was born in New York City, United States. He studied violin and tympani in his youth, and was a percussion stud ... — percussion (tracks 1-4), violin (tracks 1-4) * Steve Lockwood — piano (track 3) * Andrea Goodman &mdash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Monk
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records. In 1991, Monk composed ''Atlas'', an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera'' '' and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (''The Big Lebowski'', 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (''Nouvelle Vague'', 1990 and ''Notre musique'', 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama. Early life Meredith Monk was born to businessman Theodore Glenn Monk (1909–1998) and singer Audrey Lois Monk ''(née'' Audrey Lois Zellman; 1911–2009), in New York City, New York.Citing "Meredith J. Monk". DOB: 20 November 1942. Manhattan, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECM New Series Albums
ECM may refer to: Economics and commerce * Engineering change management * Equity capital markets * Error correction model, an econometric model * European Common Market Mathematics * Elliptic curve method * European Congress of Mathematics Science and medicine * Ectomycorrhiza * Electron cloud model * Engineered Cellular Magmatics * Erythema chronicum migrans * Extracellular matrix Sport * European Championships Management Technology * Electrochemical machining * Electronic contract manufacturing * Electronic countermeasure * Electronically commutated motor * Energy conservation measure * Engine control module * Enterprise content management * Error correction mode Other uses * Editio Critica Maior, a critical edition of the Greek New Testament * ECM Records, a record label * ECM Real Estate Investments, a defunct real estate developer based in Luxembourg * Edinburgh City Mission, a Christian organization in Scotland * Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Albums
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Julius Eastman
Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940 – May 28, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, vocalist, and performance artist whose work is associated with musical minimalism. He was among the first composers to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and involve experimental methods of extending and modifying music in creating what he called "organic music". He often gave his pieces titles with provocative political intent, such as ''Evil Nigger'' and ''Gay Guerrilla'', and has been acclaimed following new performances and reissues of his music. Biography Julius Eastman grew up in Ithaca, New York, with his mother, Frances Eastman, and younger brother, Gerry. He began studying piano at age 14 and made rapid progress. He studied at Ithaca College before transferring to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. There he studied piano with Mieczysław Horszowski and composition with Constant Vauclain, and switched majors from piano to composition, graduating in 1963. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Een
Robert Een (born 1952) is an American composer, cellist, and vocalist. Career Known for his use of extended vocal and cello techniques, Een has recorded eight albums of his compositions and scored several films. He received Bessie Awards for music composition in 1998 and for sustained achievement in 2000. He won an Obie Award in 2004 for his score to Dan Hurlin's puppet theatre work ''Hiroshima Maiden''. His music for dance and theater can be heard in the repertories of Liz Lerman, David Dorfman, Jennifer Muller, Brian Selznick, and Yin Mei, among others. He teaches voice and composition in UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. Performance Een's band, Big Joe, includes the film composer Carter Burwell, and his long association with Meredith Monk, including his performance in the 1991 premier of Monk's ''Atlas'',Pendle, Karin; ed. (1997). American Women Composers', p.62. Psychology Press. . culminated in the creation of their hour-long music/theater duet, ''Facing N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Langland
Paul Langland (born February 6, 1951) is an American dancer, singer, choreographer and Arts Professor at New York University. Career Langland's professional career began in 1972. In his work as a dancer and choreographer he has spanned many disciplines, among them the creation and development of "Allan Wayne Work" a dance technique named after his mentor. Langland is a longtime practitioner and teacher of contact improvisation. He was also a member of the Meredith Monk ensemble. In December 1984, Langland choreographed and performed ''Circa 1950–51,'' along choreographer Le Schaetzel at Bessie Schönberg Theatre. In October 1989, Langland performed in the same theatre's ''Nuts (Homage to Freud).'' In 1990, Langland perform in Sharon Wyrrick's Full Circle Company at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Langland has also performed with Steve Paxton, Mary Overlie, Barbara Dilley, Ping Chong, David Gordon, Simone Forti, Andrea Klein and Channel Z. Other members of Channel Z in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Solem
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Monika may refer to: People * Monika (given name) Films and video games * ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German film * ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian film Music * ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Nico Dostal * Monika Christodoulou, a Greek musician known mononymously as Monika * Monika Enterprise, a record label *''Monika'', an operetta composed by Nico Dostal * "Monika" (song), by Island, Cyprus' entry for Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 *"Monika", a 1969 song by Peter Orloff See also *"Hej Hej Monika", a song by Nic & the Family * * Monica (other) *Monique (other) * Santa Monica (other) Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, U.S. Santa Monica may also refer to: Places * Santa Mônica, Paraná, Brazil * Santa Mônica in Lages, Brazil * Santa Monica, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Goodman
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lockwood
''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (other), several people * Steve Adams (other), several people * Steve Alaimo (born 1939), American singer, record & TV producer, label owner * Steve Albini (born 1961), American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist * Steve Allen (1921–2000), American television personality, musician, composer, comedian and writer * Steve Armitage (born 1944), British-born Canadian sports reporter * Steve Armstrong (born 1965), American professional wrestler * Steve Antin (born 1958), American actor * Steve Augarde (born 1950),arab author, artist, and eater * Steve Augeri (born 1959), American singer * Steve August (born 1954), American football player * Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American professional wrestler * Steve Aylett (born 1967), English author of sati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight In A Perfect World
"Midnight in a Perfect World" is a song by American DJ and music producer DJ Shadow. It was released as the lead single from his debut studio album, '' Endtroducing.....'', on September 2, 1996. The song peaked at number 52 on the Scottish Singles Chart and number 54 on the UK Singles Chart. Composition Featuring a soulful vocal line and a slow drum beat, "Midnight in a Perfect World" is based around mournful piano sampled from the 1969 song " The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod. Aside from the Axelrod sample, the track also samples "Sower of Seeds" by Baraka, "Sekoilu Seestyy" by Pekka Pohjola, "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" by Organized Konfusion, "Dolmen Music" by Meredith Monk, and "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw. Release "Midnight in a Perfect World" was released as both a 12-inch single and CD single on September 2, 1996. In January 1997, the song was released to American college and modern rock radio stations. A music video for the song, directed by B Plus, was also rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
