Michael Ranta – The Great Wall/Chanta Khat [CD] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic Sufi atmospheres supported by sequence

Sufi atmospheres supported by sequence of organs that reinterpret the frequencies of harmoniums lost

fragments of melody and rhythm thread their way across the album’s length only to be broken and undermined by interventions into the tape onto which they were laid

A real tour de force all round

"Given two sides of untitled vinyl to stretch out on

droned out and crackling

Michael Ranta – The Great Wall/Chanta Khat [CD] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic Sufi atmospheres supported by sequence"Michael Ranta has collaborated with Takehisa Kosugi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jean Claude Eloy, Conny Plank, Mike Lewis, and Hartmut Geerken, just to name a few. He was also assistant to Harry Partch and performer in the Gate 5 Ensemble in the 1960s. Additionally, Ranta performed in Stockhausen's ensemble during the 1970 World Expo in Osaka. Ranta's resume also includes recordings by Helmut Lachenmann, Herbert Brn, Toru Takemitsu, Josef Anton Riedl,