John oswald s nearly invisible hand creates the ultimate dark star that is even more than the sum of its parts. John oswald, grateful dead grayfolded music skip to main content. Apr 29, 2014 in 1994, plunderphonics pioneer john oswald released grayfolded, a nearly twohour composition made from more than 100 recordings of the grateful deads live perfo. Grayfolded je homofonem slov grateful dead seznam skladeb. Them being the grateful dead and it is their performance epic dark star. Some of this work is available for free download on oswalds website. Oswald has just won the governor generals award in media arts. Here you can find grateful dead grayfolded shared files. What the dead do on dark star is what the dead are, thats what they do best.
I couldnt found much information on john oswald s grayfolded on these forums. This cd is john oswalds version of 25 years of dark star played by over 100 member of. Revisiting the transitive nightfall of john oswalds grayfolded. Grayfolded and oswalds much shorter, often striking, cutandpaste tape experiments with popular music predicted a future in which sampling and reassembling. Using over a hundred different performances of the song, recorded live between 1968 and 1993, oswald, using a process he calls plunderphonics, built, layered, and folded all of them to produce two large, recomposed versions, each about one. Timebased media art is a generic label applied to all the arts involving time as one of the mandatory coordinates to experience the works. Sep 16, 2014 oswald describes this as this weird menage a trois both the man and the woman are after jolene. The grateful deadjohn oswald grayfolded 180 gram vinyl record. Sep 10, 2014 last weekend the times published a profile of the sound artist john oswald. John oswald grayfolded music cd album at cd universe, august 11, 2004 toronto john oswald s fony label has decided to reissue the critically and popularly. His best known project is plunderphonics, the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings see sound collage. Oswald s art, while often playful, is a serious examination of basic elements. Grayfolded is a twocd album produced by john oswald featuring the grateful dead song dark star.
John oswald involves time at the very center of his own work, making it the hidden fulcrum of the reality he interprets, slowing down or accelerating his own concept of reality. How john oswald s grayfolded brought the grateful dead back to life. It deconstructs multiple versions of the song, recorded over four decades, layered, stretched and folded by sonic manipulator john oswald. Download grateful dead grayfolded files tradownload. John oswalds grayfolded is the ultimate version of the. John oswald on plunderphonics, grayfolded and audio.
John oswalds grayfolded, an epic version of the grateful deads song dark star, is getting a reissue on three lps. Buy the cd grayfolded 2cd w booklet by john oswaldgrateful dead on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. John oswald born may 30, 1953 in kitchener, ontario is a canadian composer, saxophonist, media artist and dancer. Using over a hundred different performances of the song, recorded live between 1968 and 1993, oswald, using a process he calls plunderphonics, built, layered, and folded all of them to produce two large, recomposed versions, each about one hour long.
Its a fabulous 110minute journey into the outer reaches of the grateful dead group mind. John oswalds grayfolded steve hoffman music forums. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for snapper music releases. Buy the cd grayfolded 2cd w booklet by john oswald grateful dead on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. Grayfolded was released 19945 in two parts on the swellartifact label. John oswald can be contacted co mystery lab, box 7 station p, toronto, canada m5s 2s6. Revisiting the transitive nightfall of john oswalds. I really enjoy the dead but would say im likely not the most well versed in their history and releases. In 1994, plunderphonics pioneer john oswald released grayfolded, a nearly twohour composition made from more than 100 recordings of the grateful deads live perfo.
John oswald on plunderphonics, grayfolded and audio collage. John oswald henry kaiser and john oswald jerry garcia henry kaiser plunderphonic the dancing bears. Watch grateful dead john oswald grayfolded 1996 2cd set free full movies online, like 123movies, fmovies, putlocker, netflix or direct download torrent grateful dead john oswald grayfolded 1996 2cd set via magnet link. The incredible papers reveal an fbi informant believed patrolman jd tippit, who was shot dead by lee harvey oswald 45 minutes after jfk died, was the presidents actual killer a theory. John plunderphonics oswald went into the dead vaults and came out with like, literally, every recording of dark star. Buy the vinyl issue of the grateful dead and john oswald. Aug 29, 2019 grayfolded is a twocd album produced by john oswald featuring the grateful dead song dark star. John oswald electrocd the electroacoustic music store. At the beginning, the set was exclusively for purchasers of the first disc and subscribers of the second one but grayfolded was afterwards regularly distributed as a twodisc set. It is one continuous piece of music 2 cds consisting of over 100 versions of the deads signature piece, dark star. In oswald s ghost, acclaimed director robert stone offers an unprecedented deconstruction of the assassination of president john f.
This paper was initially presented by oswald at the wired society electroacoustic conference in toronto in 1985. In an interview in 1995 oswald described how the project came. John oswald s grayfolded, an epic version of the grateful deads song dark star, is getting a reissue on three lps. Comments 0 comments please login or create a free account to post comments. Built, layered and folded to produce one large, new recomposed dark star. Wheres that sound coming from greyfolded say it fast, aloud. Alac downloads alac 176khz24bit download alac 192khz24bit download alac 44khz24bit download dsd.
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His best known project is plunderphonics, the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings see sound collage and musical montage. How john oswalds grayfolded brought the grateful dead. Jan 07, 2012 this essay will discuss what, in many ways, is the coolest grateful dead album. Download and install the oswald free font family by vernon adams as well as testdrive and see a complete character set. Last weekend the times published a profile of the sound artist john oswald. Decades prior to the beatles love in 2007 which brought the concept of the musical mashup into the mainstream john oswald had been creating borrowed tunes for nearly 30 years. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John oswald has created an art and vocabulary of his own in his exceptional and innovative work as a sound artist, image alchemist, composer and media artist.
Original recordings of the grateful dead in performance have been processed using plunderphonic techniques. John oswaldgrateful dead grayfolded 2cd w booklet cd. Article summary john oswalds circadian sound installation, a time to hear for here, is a permanent installation in the spirit house in the new daniel libeskind crystal at the royal ontario museum, which opened in june, 2007. Plunderphonics is a cultural paradox, one of the only truly underground musical phenomena to emerge in the latter quarter of the 20th century this art is more radical in its social and political associations than the introduction of the electric guitar, yet featuring some of the worlds most recognizable music imbedded in novel constellations of sonic diversity by john oswald.
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