ARTIST/LABEL NOTES:
A long work in the style of hörspiel (radio art) by this important Fluxus artist, mixing spoken text gleaned from a variety of sources with field recordings collected in New Mexico and Canada, tracing the range of the Ponderosa pine. Still available on cassette from Deep Listening Institute.
GAJOOB #9 Review by Bob Bunce, 1993:
Interesting capturing of sound oriented happenings backing the verse of Allison Knowles, ranging from the flowing descriptiveness of “California Sandals” (the subject matter on this CD seemed to bounce occasionally back to various footware), to the straightforward capture of a sound experience on “Mechanical Saw” (which spooked all the animals in this house when the whirring buzz began). The questions, “Do the stars on a clear night enhance hearing a train whistle through the Canadian Rockies?” and “Does anything sound the same in daylight as in the night?” are examples of the inspiration included in this release. Suggested listening for students of performance art.
Media: Cassette.
