{"product_id":"alvin-curran-solo-works-the-70s-3cd","title":"Alvin Curran – Solo Works: The '70s [3CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This historic collection gathers together the four seminal solo albums recorded by Alvin Curran (b 1938) in the 1970s. Two, \u003cem\u003eFiori Chiari Fiori Oscuri \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eLight Flowers Dark Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e Works,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eare making their first appearance on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor\/critic Tim Page, an early advocate of these works, writes, “Curran weaves electronic technology, an occasional acoustic instrument, voices and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emusique concrète\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(“found” music) into a multi-hued tapestry of sound. He holds these dissimilar elements together with a compelling subliminal musical consciousness; the listener never feels that Curran is deliberately being clever, or that he is out to impress, shock or self-consciously ‘expand the musical language.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCurran’s eclecticism is not willful; his sounds are there because they fit, and they convey a subtle and ingratiating sense of mysticism. These challenging, multi-faceted compositions manage, through their very catholicity, to synthesize and perfect a striking new musical syntax uniquely Curran’s own.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew World Records, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42667795185905,"sku":"80713-2","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/products\/acurran_soloworks.jpg?v=1653624194","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/alvin-curran-solo-works-the-70s-3cd","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}