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John Cage Shock Vol. 3

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Tribute to the John Cage centenary and the 50th anniversary for his first Japan tour.

In October 1962 John Cage and his great interpreter/co-visionary David Tudor visited Japan, performing seven concerts and exposing listeners to new musical worlds. This legendary "John Cage Shock", as it was dubbed by the critic Hidekazu Yoshida, is the source of this series of releases, three CDs and a "best hits" double LP compilation. Recorded primarily at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo on October 24, 1962 (with two performances from October 17 at Mido-Kaikan in Osaka), all recordings in this series are previously unreleased. A major historical trove, unearthed.

The performances on this tour featured Cage and Tudor with some noteworthy Japanese musicians playing pieces by Cage and a number of other composers. The final of the series features Cage's "0'00"" (1962), also referred to as "4'33" No.2", performed by the composer, with daily activities such as writing and drinking coffee amplified by contact microphones into sonic abstraction, following the score's directions: "with maximum amplification (no feedback), perform a disciplined action". Next is "Composition II for 2 Pianos" (1960/61) by Michael von Biel, lovely and sparse, performed by Tudor and Ichiyanagi. The disc closes with Ichiyanagi's "Piano Music #7" (1961), performed also by Tudor and Ichiyanagi, beds of silence disrupted by pianistic stabs, music box madness, traffic recordings, percussive thumps, tape manipulations and more.

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released June 17, 2018

ジョン・ケージ生誕100年/初来日(1962)50周年記念企画。門外不出で封印されていたケージ幻の初来日ツアーの音源を白日の下にさらすシリーズ最終作。

ケージ本人やデヴィッド・チュードアが繰り出す爆撃のようなノイズの「Variations II」、日常的な行為を音楽として提示する「0分00秒」の世界初演、そして小野洋子が爆音の中で咆哮する「26分55.988秒」……彼らが本国やヨーロッパでさえ無理解の嵐に打ちひしがれながらも、真の前衛精神で創造しつづけた驚愕の音が、まだ実験音楽の芽もない日本でいきなりブチまけられたのだ。いわく「ジョン・ケージ・ショック」。

CD店の棚の一角を占めるほど並ぶケージのディスク群に、このような作品は見あたらない。国内外を問わず、これら劇薬作品は作曲当時以外にはほとんどリリースされていないからで、ケージの容赦ないハードコアな側面を知ろうとしてもムリなのだ。しかし今からでも遅くはない。この「本当の衝撃」を即刻体験せよ!

=John Cage Shock Vol. 3=

かの有名な「4′33″」の第2番として書かれたのがこの「0′00″」で、この演奏が世界初演。「最大の増幅が得られるようにし、抑制された行為をせよ」という指示書きに従い、文字を書いたりするガサゴソという音がノイズとなって放出される。一柳の初期のグラフィック作品「ピアノ音楽第7」も、ピアノや玩具などを使って炸裂するソリッドな音響が怪しくも美しい!他にビールの「Composition II」を収録。

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