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Steve Roden
A Christmas Play For Joseph Cornell

Album US 2007 on New Plastic Music label
Electronic (Minimal, Musique Concrète, Ambient)

Professionally duplicated CD-R, edition of 200, die cut recycled sleeve w/ insert, signed & numbered. By artist: "this limited edition was created as a holiday release for winter 2007, and was based on a score by george brecht from his water yam scores. the score reads: a christmas play for joseph cornell. empty snow-covered field, frosted horizon sun glaring through the mist. in the near distance a bathtub lies on its side, open toward us. first child: do you see that dark figure behind the creche? second child: (does not speak) 1959 - 62 i used field recordings from norway as the empty snow covered field, frosted horizon, and sun through mist. i tapped my bathtub with mallets as the bathtub in the near distance, and used my voice as both child voices. i also added the sounds of a 1930's home made christmas recording, and a vietnamese instrument purchased by my family several years ago as a gift. the cover photo was a found snapshot from 1959 that certainly reminded me of some of cornell's boxes" empty snow-covered field, frosted horizon, sun through mist: recorded in Norway April 2007. bathtub in the near distance (tapped with mallets) & first child's voice: recorded at the Bubble House October 2007 cover photo: 1959 anonymous found snapshot (courtesy Airform Archives)

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	Steve Roden voc, g, *1964 US voice, both child voices, instruments, vietnamese, percussion, bathtub, sounds, field recordings, album by
	George Brecht voc, 1926-2008 US score

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