Alvin Curran – The Works [LP] Industrial / Power Electronics Mixed at Studio Mecca and

Mixed at Studio Mecca and released by Akifumi Nakajima on own label in 1993 on exquisite and marvelous tape with the enigmatic title The Origins Of…

I enjoyed the dialogue between the sines and how the birdsounds are just opening everything up so much more

repeating gusts of wind

Ed Wilcox (of Temple Of Bon Matin) and Richard Scott

After having worked alongsideFrançois Tusques defending a free jazz “made in France”

Alvin Curran – The Works [LP] Industrial / Power Electronics Mixed at Studio Mecca and"The Works one of the most famous pieces by brilliant American composer Alvin Curran was not created by will and direct purpose but, as the composer himself states, as a "providential accident" which is to say quite organically. Combining piano and voice with found sound and a custom built Serge modular synthesizer, The Works is a slowly developing piece where space and ambient tape are eventually overtaken by raga esque chanting and frenetic piano