<p>BIO: <strong>Philip Corner</strong> (born in 1933) studied composition at Columbia University with Henry Cowell and Otto Luening, attended Olivier Messiaen's ''Philosophie Musicale'' class in Paris (1955-7) and deepened his research on the piano with Dorothy Taubman (60s). During his military service in Korea, he loved the korean traditional music and studied calligraphy with Ki-Sung Kim. His longstanding parallel interests and activities include poetry, text-sound compositions, visual arts, dance, performance art and eastern cultures and religions (especially Zen Buddhism). He was an original founding member of the <strong>Fluxus movement</strong>, resident composer and musician with the <strong>Judson Dance Theatre</strong> and the <strong>Experimental Intermedia Foundation</strong>, co-founder of the <strong>Tone Roads Chamber Ensemble and Gamelan Son of Lion</strong>. His teaching career (1967-1992) expanded in various important Art Schools and Universities. In the early nineties, he moved to Italy, joined by his future wife and performance partner Phoebe Neville (dancer and choreographer). <br /><br /> Philip Corner is one of the greatest American <strong>avant garde</strong> composers, an American outsider, a unique philosopher redefining what we call music and art, bringing together different cultures in a new kind of harmony, inviting all of us to experience music as a whole and be a crucial part of it. MoreMars Team can proudly announce the release of this amazing LP with 4 unpublished works spanning <strong>30 years of pure creation</strong>. The beauty of these recordings lies on their lo-fi, hissy, raw quality.<br /><br /> ''<strong>Gong (ceng-ceng)/Ear</strong>'' was recoded in Bali (1989) using very resonant handheld balinese cymbals. Totally improvised music,shaman vibrations through the body, dedicated to dancers <br />( '<em>'the dancer may be me...or you, listener!</em>'' Philip Corner).<br /> ''<strong>Two in Thailand</strong>'' (created in Bankok, 1996-performance recording in New York, 1997) with <strong>Phoebe Neville</strong>. This is a very formal Metal Meditation with very small finger cymbals and a heavy gong in slow punctuations. A wonderful graphically and verbally notated score for open improvisation.<br /> These two A' Side pieces distill many years of experience and experiment with the properties of <strong>resonant metal objects</strong>, whether intended for music or not. Metallic magic, deep resonating tones, delicate ringing cymbals, vibrating sonorities leading to a ritual, transcendent experience.<br /><br /> ''<strong>OM.Duet:Jug and Bottle</strong>'' with <strong>James Fulkerson</strong> (private performance, New York 1972) is a ''zen-like'' sustained tone with microtonal breath fluctuations, using the simplest possible resonators. Based on verbal instructions, slight mysterious gestural sounds brought up to ear close audibility, and eerie low frequencies create a spectrum of sound-texture varieties with a mesmerising, hypnotic effect.<br /> ''<strong>Satie's 2 Chords Of The Rose+Croix...As a Revelation</strong>'' (Hartford Village, Vermont 1999). Music based on a chosen section of a loved classic, with a little ''beat up'' harmonium producing mystic organ sounds. Long sustained tones floating in the air, variety of pitches, rhythmic irregularities and weird time specifics resulting in a reverential, ecstatic composition, profoundly affecting. <br /><br /> ''<em>....Hum the Ultimate Mantra-this should turn you on-....</em>'' Philip Corner. <br /><br /> This is a limited edition LP of <strong>350 copies</strong>, inclouding a 16 pages <strong>inner book</strong> full of info, photos scores + texts by Philip Corner. Master made by Yiannis Tsirikoglou + the graphics by the MoreMars Team.</p>
