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quoted 8 lines Thanks to all of you on IDM and the ambient list for the Aphex Twin and

>Thanks to all of you on IDM and the ambient list for the Aphex Twin and >Ligeti information. Interesting note: Bill & Rhys have sampled Ligeti >once again on the new Noise Unit CD, "Drill." They use the opening of >Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna" throughout "Dominator" (track 2). Ligeti samples >can also be found on "Wavelength" from Delerium's "Spheres" CD. > >Dennis O'Hare >noise@webtv.net

Obscure question : does anyone know if Ligeti's Piano Concerto was released ever ? For those that don't know, check this man's work. Lux Aeterna (stolen for the 2001 sound track by Kubrick) is only a hint of what he has done. String Quartets, operas, chamber music. All of it defines the creepy tonal splendour that electronic music loves so much :) 10-4 over and out good buddy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Sattinger reprogramming our reality through disco new records coming on : Synewave(jan), Subvoice(feb), Sativae(?) NEW RELEASES - DISCOGRAPHY - INFO http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/m082/satti002/ChrisSattinger.html US Techno House Business Resource : http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/m082/satti002/DanceLabel.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Allow me to de-lurk for a moment to answer this-- On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Chris Sattinger wrote:

quoted 2 lines Obscure question : does anyone know if Ligeti's Piano Concerto was

> Obscure question : does anyone know if Ligeti's Piano Concerto was > released ever ?

Yes. I'm sure there are at least two, one on DG and one on Sony, both should be in print.

quoted 4 lines For those that don't know, check this man's work. Lux

> For those that don't know, check this man's work. Lux > Aeterna (stolen for the 2001 sound track by Kubrick) is only a hint of > what he has done. String Quartets, operas, chamber music. All of it > defines the creepy tonal splendour that electronic music loves so much :)

Do not underestimate the accuracy of these words! Ligeti's all that and a wry, bizarre sense of humor too. It isn't all tone-cluster-music/ micropolyphony like Lux Aeterna and Atmospheres--in later works, the textures are sparser, rhythms are edgier, and detail isn't always subsumed into a large shape (as in L.A.) but is allowed to speak clearly, and there's so much of it it's overwhelming. Microtunings in recent years (Horn trio), and there's a phenomenally, well, "creepy" spot in the Piano Cto with these ocarinas blowing these fuzzy, out-of-tune, otherworldly chords. Shivers. Unforgettable. J ________ \ / | Bee women: "What kind of corn soldiers are you?" H. James Harkins | Arthur: "Umm, oh, er, we're, uh, we're colonels." jharkins@acpub.duke.edu | \/ | - from "The Tick," now on Comedy Central, 6PM M-F