AMM the crypt 1968 2LP BOX 1988 avant experimental cardew nurse with wound rowe

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AMM Music “The Crypt, 12th June 1968” 2LP Box issued by the composers via Matchless Recordings (MR5) in the UK, 1988. Box edition with 4 inserts included! ****** 2xRec:m- / Box:m- ****** This monstrous, early set of noise is dense, original, crucial to the history of massive sound presentation and its aesthetics. Recorded 12th June, 1968. "The only possibility is to surrender to the ebb and flow of the pervasive group sound, until, finally you are lost inside it, mesmerised by it. You notice that the detail in the music is fascinating, no less the overall shape of the performance, which remains just out of grasp, like a landscape too powerful to assimilate in its entirety”. This is it, the classic live session that represents one of the defining recorded moments for this legendary British avant combo. The group here is a quintet, with Cornelius Cardew on piano and cello, Lou Gare on sax and violin, Christopher Hobbs and Eddie Prevost on percussion, and Keith Rowe on guitars. Comes in a box with a cool design, and includes a booklet and an insert. The recording was made possible by financial assistance from the Arts Council of Great Britain. AMM have never been well-known to the general public, but have been, in their own way, hugely influential on several generations of adventurous musicians. AMM has been called "legendary" and "groundbreaking." They are notable as the perhaps the first musical group to deliberately try to make music not related to any established musical genre: as Michael Nyman wrote, "AMM seem to have worked without the benefit or hindrance of any kind of prepared external discipline”. In a 2001 interview, founding member Keith Rowe was asked if "AMM" was an abbreviation; he replied, "The letters AMM stand for something, but as you probably know it's a secret!" There is an unconfirmed story that one of the group's members told John Stevens, in a confidence that Stevens failed to keep, that the letters stood for Art, Music, Madness. AMM was initially composed of Keith Rowe on guitar, Lou Gare on saxophone and Eddie Prévost on drums. Rowe and Gare were members of Mike Westbrook's band; Prevost and Gare were also in a hard bop jazz quintet. The three men shared a common interest in exploring music beyond the boundaries of conventional jazz, as part of a larger movement that helped spawn European free jazz and free improvisation. No AMM performance was ever planned; each was unique and spontaneous. The musicians tended to avoid any conventional melody, harmony or rhythm, and further sought an ensemble sound that often obscured any individual's role. It was, and remains, sometimes difficult to discern which musical instrument is making which specific sound on an AMM recording, due in part to liberal use of various extended techniques. Prévost has written, "The player could, at times, share a timeless immersion in a world of sound, while simultaneously being free to pursue their individual paths. It was not uncommon for the musician to wonder who or what was producing a particular sound, stop playing, and discover it was he himself who had been responsible”. Members of the group have come and gone over the years, but Rowe and Prevost have usually been present for most recordings and performances; the latter has been the only constant in the nearly four decades of AMM music. AMM released their first recording, AMMusic 1966, on Electra Records UK in 1966. With this release, there were some initial similarities to free jazz, due in part to Gare's saxophone. One critic has written, however, that the resemblance was rather slight: "the overall sound of the group, even in 1966, was so different, so idiosyncratic, that it's not at all surprising that both new jazz and contemporary classical audiences were baffled, if not horrified”. Lawrence Shaeff played with the early AMM; he had been a jazz bassist, but on AMMMusic, he played cello, accordion and other instruments. Percussionist Christopher Hobbs (a student of Cardew) also played with AMM in the late 1960s. “The Crypt” , the most ‘difficult’ material on Matchless! ****** Four original inserts also included, or a presentation of AMM Music, AMM factsheet to Oct 1970, liner notes reproduced from City Hall Carlisle poster from Jan 1969 and a picture of AMM performing. ****** Liner notes in English. ****** Perfect conditions! Records look unplayed! ****** Please wait to receive my invoice before sending the payment after the auction ends. Attention! Real postage costs are not USD 4 as all the items are located in Doha, Qatar (which has a very safe and professional post system). Postage costs registered for the first LP is USD 22,50 for the whole world. ****** Thank you for your kind attention and good luck with your bids.