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John Cage / 0
4'33''

Album FR 2006 on Onement label
Classical (Contemporary)

A recording of five different versions of Cage's famous "4'33" (from 1952). Ultra-limited edtion of 100 (no reissue), transparent jewelcase with white CD-R, numbered by hand. The ensemble 0 has performed and recorded 18 versions of 4'33" in various places that are known as quiet (but not silent, of course): a church, an empty appartment in town, a recording studio, a hill in the country, an empty house, a forest, the hall of a small cinema, a cloister... All the takes were performed by one to four members of the group, with a great respect of the piece: audience of at least one person, score (from Peters edition, N°6777) on a music stand, precise timing with a stopwatch, separation in three movements. The orginal idea of 0 was to keep five takes: a solo performance of each member of the ensemble (of four musicians) and a tutti version. But in the end, the decision was taken to just select the five versions that the whole band would enjoy. The digital silence version is more conceptual and can be understood as an electronic performance of 4'33": like in the others, the performer avoids any intentional sound, but this time the audience is only the listener(s) of the record. Version 1: One performer with bugle, recorded in the basement of a house in Anglet, France. Version 2: One performer with percussion, recorded inside a house in Ustaritz, France. Version 3: One performer with bugle, recorded in an empty classroom in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France. Version 4: No performer, digital silence. Version 5: One performer with percussion, recorded on a hill in the country in Itsasu, France.

Musicians

	John Cage voc, 1912-1992 US album by
	0 , ensemble, album by
	Maitane Sebastian vc, *1981 ES cello
	Sylvain Chauveau voc, eg, *1971 FR electric guitar, glockenspiel
	Joël Merah acg, bj, zth, *1969 FR electric guitar, piano, cornet
	Stéphane Garin perc, FR percussion, trombone, organ, recorded by

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