field from DISCOSPHERE by John Oswald
(1988) This initially pastoral scene is from "Baryshnikov", a feature-length ballet by Bill Coleman. Most of the visual and audio materials for "Baryshnikov" are blatantly derived from popular American culture; there are scenes from movies, records, and from other dances. "Field" is polyplunderphonic. All of its sources are self-evident and, in other contexts, self-sufficient. Unlike the tracks on the Plunderphonic CD, each of which focused on one piece of music, or on one performer, "Field", along with "Code" (Track 16, which is also from "Baryshnikov") juxtaposes a variety of sources. Another "Baryshnikov piece, "Pocket", (from Count Basie's orchestrations) was featured on "Plunderphonic".
Tracklist
| 4. | field | 4:24 |
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License
CC BY-NC 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
Oswald is best known as the the creator of the Plunderphonics genre, an appropriative form of recording studio creation which he began unfolding in the late ’60’s. This got him in trouble with, and also garnered invites from major record labels and musical icons.