Ake Hodell – Purgatory / Electric Buddha This extremely rare 1972 disc from multiple-discipline artist Ake Hodell contains four of his Luc Ferrari-esque electro-acoustic compositions. Enjoy. ?Purgatory/Electric Buddha? presents four Electronic Purgatory pieces – ?Orphic revelations? is the fifth one and has much in common with the others in both tone and materials (eg the [...]
Pianoless Vexations, an eight-hour performance of Erik Satie’s Vexations (1893) was performed at The Sculpture Center in New York City on Sunday, June 11, 2006, 11-7pm. Vexations was composed by Erik Satie in 1893 and consists of a short motif repeated 840 times. Satie directs on the score: “In order to play this motif 840 [...]
Diamanda Galas – The Litanies of Satan Original Release Date: January 1, 1982 Label: Fine Line Records Avantgarde vocalist Diamanda Galas’ out-of-print debut features some of her best and most terrifying work. Litanies of Satan is the most horrifying, frightening, confrontational and extreme album I have ever heard. Not as brutal as some of John [...]
