| ALVIN CURRAN makes music, with all means, anywhere
and for any occasion. From rarefied string quartets to blaring ship horn
concerts to Holocaust memorial installations; from MIDI-Grands to computerized
ram's horns these are his natural laboratories. He is a co-founder of the
radical collective MUSICA ELETTRONICA VIVA. Among his best-known compositions
are Songs and Views from the Magnetic Garden and Canti Illuminati for natural
sounds, voice, keyboards; the large-scale environmental works Maritime Rites,
Waterworks, and Notes from Underground; and pieces using radio as a geographical
music instrument, A Piece for Peace and Crystal Psalms. His recent recordings
are: Crystal Psalms (New Albion), Schtyx and Vstos (CRI), and The Magnetic
Gardens (Catalyst/BVMG). |
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