Instrumentals Arthur Russell SKU: RT0307LP Barcode: 0191402030716 26.00 £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade Released Date: 13th May 2022 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Remastered double LP with 12 page booklet including liner notes by Tim Lawrence, Ernie Brooks and Arthur Russell. Before Disco, and before the transcendent echoes, Arthur studied to be a composer. His journey began in 1972, running away from his home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Heading west to Northern California, Arthur studied Indian classical composition at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music followed by western orchestral music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, before ending two years later in New York at the Manhattan School of Music. Traversing the popular and the serious, Arthur composed “Instrumentals” in 1974, inspired by the photography of his Buddhist teacher, Yuko Nonomura, as Arthur described, “I was awakened, or re-awakened to the bright-sound and magical qualities of the bubblegum and easy-listening currents in American popular music”. Initially intended to be performed in one 48 hour cycle, “Instrumentals” was in fact only performed a handful of times as a work in progress. The legendary performances captured live in New York at The Kitchen (1975 and 1978) and Franklin St. Arts Center (1977) feature the cream of that eras downtown new music scene including Ernie Brooks, Rhys Chatham, Julius Eastman, Jon Gibson, Peter Gordon, Garrett List, Andy Paley, Bill Ruyle, Dave Van Tieghem, and Peter Zummo. Pitchfork lauded “Instrumentals” Vol. 1 as a masterpiece and one of Arthur’s “greatest achievements”. Americana touching on Copeland, Ives, and maybe even Brian Wilson. “Instrumentals” Vol. 2 is a moving, deeply pastoral work performed by the CETA Orchestra and conducted by Julius Eastman. Also included are two of Arthur’s most elusive compositions, Reach One, and Sketch For “Face Of Helen”. Recorded live in 1975 at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Reach One is a minimal, hypnotic ambient soundscape written and performed for two Fender Rhodes pianos. Sketch For “Face Of Helen” was inspired by Arthur’s work with friend and composer Arnold Dreyblatt, recorded with an electronic tone generator, keyboard and ambient recordings of a rumbling tugboat from the Hudson River. Artist Arthur Russell Genre Rock And Pop Label Rough Trade Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume "Instrumentals" Volume Sketch For The Face Of Helen Reach One Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Arthur Russell View Product Quick View Arthur Russell Picture of Bunny Rabbit Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 1LP Released 23rd June 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arthur Russell Picture of Bunny Rabbit £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RT0425LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Arthur Russell Love Is Overtaking Me Rock And Pop | 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