Roland CR78+SH1+CSQ100)
"I am very pleased to announce the release of the debut LP of Nora Zimmerman’s project Spiteful Womb
You can feel the weight of the moment in these recordings and can imagine a captive audience under the spell of this strange music that never feels overstated
Flirting with the cinematic through its depth of emotiveness and scale
but the intermittent digital crackles and processing bring the listener forcefully up to the present tense
Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton – Irma [LP] Post-Punk / Alt. Rock Roland CR78+SH1+CSQ100)"In 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. These notes arise from that experience and explore how the piece can be performed. Irma is an unusual scoreprinted on a single 50cm x 50cm sheet. Its notation consists of verbal fragments from Tom Phillips' A Humument, referencing libretto, decor and mise en scne, or sounds. These categories are arranged separately, with stave notation at the bottom. At first glance, it appears