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NIBLOCK, PHILL - Nothin to look at just a Record

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Superior Viaduct SV 33 Release Year: 2013 Note: first time vinyl re-issue of NIBLOCKs first LP from 1982 feat. two side-long drone pieces for trombones - completely handplayed & instrumental using exact tunings, masterful & rich multi-layered drones are created with amazing wavering effects.... phantastic! comes with 4p. inlay Price (incl. 19% VAT): €18.50 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Phill Niblock has pushed the boundaries of sound and visual art for over 40 years. While dutifully producing experimental films and curating multi-media loft performances in New York's 1960s avant-garde circles, Niblock developed a composition technique informed by American minimalists such as Tony Conrad and La Monte Young. His music consists of long instrumental tones, closely pitched together to create beat patterns and multi-tracked into dense layers. Nothin to Look At Just a Record, originally released on esteemed 20th century / jazz label India Navigation in 1982, is Niblock's recording debut and often cited as his masterpiece. "A Trombone Piece," the first of two side-long tracks, was recorded by Richard Lainhart and Richard Kelly (both music innovators in their own right) at SUNY Albany in the mid-'70s. Breathing pauses from instrumentalist James Fulkerson's trombone were spliced out to unravel the drones spatially, rather than according to metered rhythm. The overall effect is mesmerizing and beautifully envelops the listener with each tonal subtlety. To celebrate Niblock's 80th birthday, Superior Viaduct is honored to present the first-time vinyl reissue of Nothin to Look At Just a Record, a high-water mark in 20th century music and listed as #5 on Alan Licht's Minimal Top Ten." [label info] www.superiorviaduct.com "We just can't figure out Superior Viaduct. They're quickly becoming one of our favorite reissue labels, but they're so all over the map. From Devo to 100 Flowers, from the Solaris soundtrack to Factrix, from Heldon to Sensations' Fix, it's like a label version of someone's crazy record collection, which is exactly how it SHOULD be, and probably why we dig it so much! The latest reissue from SV is the 1982 debut lp from legendary modern minimalist / dronelord Phill Niblock. Nothin To Look At Just A Record consists of two sidelong pieces, extended instrumental tones, recordings of both Richard Lainhart and Richard Kelly at SUNY in the mid-seventies, edited to tape and accompanied by trombone, the result is dense and layered and intense, thick swaths of sound, multiple iterations of the same note, in constant motion, fluid textures and rhythmic beating, drifting overtones, all blurred and smeared into organic fields of rich lustrous sound. It's the sort of sound, that when it ceases, creates a sensation like the air is being sucked out of your ears, it's a sound that's almost physical, its energy palpable. If there was ever any question as to the power of the drone, the answer is right here. Folks into more modern drone music who have yet to delve into the roots of those sounds (Riley, Reich, Young, Conrad and yeah, Niblock) might just discover a whole new world of sound to get lost in. Super heavy old school tip on style sleeves, with a printed insert that includes both liner notes and the musical score!" [Aquarius Records]