Thanks for the review, Steve. The ECM website mentions that this was written in response to the murder of a Palestianian father & son in Gaza. Was this evident from either the music (I'm assuming not, since the vocals are wordless?) or performance? Has Monk been politically active or vocal in the past, or is she operating from a more general humanist basis? Thanks, Ben
From: "Steve Smith" <ssmith36@sprynet.com> Reply-To: <ssmith36@sprynet.com> To: "'Ben Axelrad'" <soulfrieda@hotmail.com>,<zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: RE: EISLERMATERIAL: Heiner Goebbels (2002 - ECM) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:37:05 -0500
'Mercy' is beautiful. I saw it performed on Friday night. There was a nice review in the New York Times on Monday, which you can still read for free on the website. But as always with Meredith Monk, I'd have a really hard time telling you much that would distinguish this project/album from all the others (except for 'Atlas,' which follows a more straightforward narrative), unless you saw it. Oh, except that John Hollenbeck did his own percussion arrangements and is *all over* this show.
Haven't received the Lachenmann yet, nor the Goebbels, for that matter.
Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Swans, "Feel Happiness," 'Swans Are Dead' (Young God)
-----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Ben Axelrad Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:07 PM
If I can piggyback on this one, has anyone heard these other new ECM releases:
Meredith Monk - Mercy Helmut Lachenmann - Schaunkungen am Rand (sp?)
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