and poignant dissonances within a sweeping field of echoes rumbles and drones
speaks of a counter-event
Despite being rooted in psychedelic traditions of narcotic time-dilation
performed by the Hljomeyki choir and Pan Sonic
all captured on a multi-track tape where it kept sitting for quite some time before Frans decided it was time to make heads 'n tails out of it
Charles Curtis, Alan Licht & Dean Roberts – May 99 [LP] Musique Concrète / Sound Collage and poignant dissonances within a"In the spring of 1999, Charles Curtis, Alan Licht, and Dean Roberts brought an unconventional mix of drone, improvisation, and experimental rock on an eleven stop tour of Europe. The concept was straightforward, yet novel: each night, they would improvise a single piece while sustained sine waves played for the duration of the concert. May 99, culled from three shorter pieces recorded for a radio program at Amsterdams VPRO near the end of the tour,