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May 20, 1999
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CONTENTS:

NEWS

INNOVATIVE WOMEN COMPOSERS: A SILENT MINORITY? (11) In this
chapter: MARY ELLEN CHILDS, SUSAN CHRISTIANSEN, MAIA CIOBANU,
ANDREA CLEARFIELD, WALTRAUD COOPER, ELEANOR CORY, TARA CROSS.

REVIEWS:
DEBORAH MARTIN: "UNDER THE MOON" Spotted Peccary Music
PAUL WINTER: "GREATEST HITS + BONUS DISC" Living Music
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ATTRITION ON TOUR (U.K.)
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July 1st - Necroscope @ D & D's, Cardiff.Womanby St.
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IURY LECH
Iury Lech is a composer, movie maker and writer. He usually joins
all these aspects in his artistic works. Born in 1958 in an
immigrant family from Ukraine, he began his artistic career by the
mid 1970s. By the late '80s he began to release his albums.

You can find more information in Amazing Sounds online version
(article-interview), at:

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"A BITE IN THE COMMON SENSE"
This album of thirteen pieces of varied styles, some of them very
innovative, independent from the most usual frameworks in
electronic music. Rhythm has a pervasive presence, be it in itself
as such or supporting the melody on its own. Quite passages turn
out to be cosmic. A certain symphonic classicism can be perceived
throughout most of the work.

"SERIAL CASTRATI"
The music contained in this album has a very personal, innovative
style. Some of the pieces possess a certain cosmic character,
others approach minimalism, but no known label could be applied to
it. Perhaps a new definition should be coined: "Computer ethnic
music". The most avantgarde pieces are like urban folk music of
the future.

"ASPERSIONS BY INSTINCT"
This album is a provocative shaped double CD where the
synthesizers and percussion have a basic role. The music goes
beyond the conventional, surpassing even the frontiers of many
styles (Ambient, Trance, Dark, Psychedelic, Space) that already
are avantgarde by themselves. On the whole, the work is like a
collection of dreams or nightmares turned into music.

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JOSEPH LOIBANT:
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INNOVATIVE WOMEN COMPOSERS: A SILENT MINORITY? (11)
By Montse Andreu.

One would think that the so long fought for equality of the sexes
should have reached the adequate levels with respect to the
chances that women have to succeed in the field of alternative
musics. This is not so. And nevertheless, there are women who have
devoted part (or all) of their careers to electronic, experimental
composition, who have a great deal of talent. The objective of
this series is to make some of these names known to the interested
readers.

In this chapter: MARY ELLEN CHILDS, SUSAN CHRISTIANSEN, MAIA
CIOBANU, ANDREA CLEARFIELD, WALTRAUD COOPER, ELEANOR CORY, TARA
CROSS.

MARY ELLEN CHILDS:
Composer Mary Ellen Childs has specialized in the creation of a
musical style of a postminimalist nature, with delightfully
sensitive and fresh textures.

SUSAN CHRISTIANSEN:
This professional composer specializes in the production of music
for movie soundtracks, film, television, commercials and
multimedia art, basically utilizing the latest technological
developments in the field of synthesizers and computer music,
besides having developed several multimedia educational programs
on the conducting of orchestras, musical notation, sample scores,
composition, and arrangements, among other issues. Besides her
musical studies, which include a Certificate for Film Scoring at
the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as her B.M.in
Music Composition, at the University of California at Santa
Barbara, Susan Christiansen has obtained a B.A. in English
Literature, at this same university.

MAIA CIOBANU:
Romanian composer Maia Ciobanu, born in 1952, receives her musical
education at the Academy of Music of Bucharest from 1971 to 1975,
and completes her musical studies with different international
courses at the German city of Darmstadt. Being awarded first prize
in composition at the Conservatory of Bucharest in 1971, she also
is the recipient of other prizes and honorific mentions such as
the one of the composition contest GedokMannheim. Maia Ciobanu
later develops a fruitful educational career teaching harmony and
musical forms at the George Enescu Music Lyceum of Bucharest, as
well as publishing several essays and articles in the musical
press of her country; She also gives interesting lectures on music
at the Academy of Theater and Film of Bucharest. Her musical
production includes from the vocal symphonic music to other non-
vocal symphonic works, chamber music, choral music, as well as
electronic and electroacoustic works, didactic pieces and ballet
music. The founder and director of the music group "Alternative",
this band develops their compositions basically utilizing the
piano, synthesizer, wind instruments and percussion. A former
student under the also Romanian woman composer Myriam Marbe,
Ciobanu actually belongs to a generation of musicians whose aim is
to create a kind of music in which novelty and freshness are the
essence of the creative process. Thus, her works will no doubt be
centered in the research of the methods characteristic of the New
Music in the production of novel, interesting sounds, looking for
a suitable path to express these sounds. Her use of the
synthesizer and the magnetic tape, as well as her utilization of
repetitive music relying on the New Music expressivity, rather
than the archaic structures of a romantic shade, are no doubt
masterfully intertwined in her music, illustrating the points
mentioned so far. Among her works mention must be made of "Three
Sculptures for String Quartet", an homage that the composer pays
to the also Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, as well as to
the Romanian poet Lucian Blaga, whose texts are recited with a
musical accompaniment of a polyphonic nature in the pentatonic
scale.

ANDREA CLEARFIELD:
This American composer born in Philadelphia, in 1960, is the
founder of the Philadelphia SALON Concert Series, specialized in
New Music and classical music in general, besides being an active
performer as a collaborative pianist in this institution. As a
composer, she has developed a remarkable production for chamber
ensembles, choral works, orchestra, theatre and dance. Her works
are frequently performed both in the United States and abroad.
Andrea Clearfield has received several prizes, awards and grants,
among them the Nancy Van de Vate prize for orchestral music by the
International Alliance of Women in Music. Clearfield is a
professor at the University of the Arts, and is Presidential
Scholar for the doctoral program of the Temple University.

WALTRAUD COOPER:
This interactive artist presents her work "Klangmikado" in the Ars
Electronica Festival 1987. This work belongs to her series
"Digital Poetry". In this series Cooper combines all the possible
forms of artistic expression by means of electronic technology and
computers, in a range going from visual to linguistic, and
centered in the musical creativity. Her composition allows for a
number of games where each one of them becomes light and sound, at
the same time as the artist controls the light processing, which
results into a multimedia composition of a surprisingly strange
artistic quality.

ELEANOR CORY:
This composer, who has worked within the genre of New Music, is a
member of the New York Women Composers Association, and has
composed, among other works, "Tempi" (1971), basically using tape
in this seven minute long composition.

TARA CROSS:
Born in 1957, her interest in music awakes at age 13, when she
begins to play the guitar. Later on she experiments with an
Electro-Harmonix mini synthesizer and a primitive drum box. She
finishes her studies at the Hunter College of New York, where she
majors in Music and Psychology, yet she decides not to pursue her
musical studies in an academic institution, since her primary
interest is centered in the performing arts, and she joins
different groups in this period. To her, the world of academic
music does not really matter. Despite the opposition of her
family, she devotes her time to her musical career, focusing her
efforts in a very unconventional, experimental kind of music. She
herself produces, composes and performs her own works, acts as her
own public relations, takes care of the administrative and
secretarial work, etc. Besides, she has had different jobs -
ranging from librarian to shop assistant and typist, among other
things, even though her favourite job is related to cosmetology.
As a musician, she considers herself as some sort of sound
structurer who experiments with sound the same way as a painter
would experiment with colors. Some of her works have appeared in
different compilations, as for instance in Japan ("Mineral
Composition"), Spain ("Femirama"), France ("SNX"), a compilation
CD in Japan called "A Conculsion Of Unrestrained Philosophy"...
Likewise, she has participated in compilations containing pieces
by her appearing in 25 different tapes. Her first solo LP was
"Tempus Fugit", released under the label Permis de Construire.
Tara has performed live in several occasions, among which most
remarkable is the one she gave in 1987, in "Fashion Moda", at the
Bronx, broadcast live via satellite to France and also by the
radio station WNYC in New York as well as in another French radio
station. Nevertheless, she dislikes live performances, since, as
she has no supporting band, she herself must prepare the necessary
recordings with the accompanying music, transport the equipment,
etc., which is a true nuisance to her. Tara Cross has her own
studio at home, equipped with two electronic keyboards, a guitar,
a triple delay unit with a sampler, a Roland MC202, eight sonic
tracks, three cassette tracks, and other devices she needs to make
her own recordings. Even if she admits that this may look like a
poor sort of equipment, she believes that creativity can always
compensate for the apparent lack of means.

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REVIEWS:

DEBORAH MARTIN:
"UNDER THE MOON"
Spotted Peccary Music
This is the first time I’ve heard something from Deborah Martin
and I must confess that she has impressed me. Under the Moon is
pure instrumental music with many elements from different styles,
including classical music, electronic, ambient and so on. All
selections have been composed and performed by Martin, although
several other musicians (including Paul Lackey and Jon Jenkins)
also appear. The music is innovative and uplifting. The author
translates successfully her inspiration into electronic music, and
with it, the listener will be carried off on a relaxing journey.
The album contains 10 tracks.
MANUEL MONTES

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PAUL WINTER:
"GREATEST HITS + BONUS DISC"
Living Music
This is a special edition 2CD set. The first one is a greatest
hits album which contains many of the wonderful melodies that Paul
Winter has offered us since the beginning of his extraordinary
career. You’ll also find five new recordings, so all fans must
secure a copy as soon as possible. The second CD is a free bonus
disk titled “The World of Living Music”. It contains 15 tracks
from Living Music artists (Nóirin Ní Riain, Paul Halley, Oscar
Castro-Neves, Eugene Friesen, the Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers, Pete
Seeger, Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort). Finally, there
is another special bonus: an enhanced interactive CD-ROM history
of the Paul Winter Consort and Living Music narrated by Paul
Winter.
MANUEL MONTES

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PAUL WINTER
Paul Winter, solo or with his Paul Winter Consort, is one of
the best representatives of the new instrumental music. Born in
Pennsylvania, this American musician is a virtuoso of the saxo and
the clarinet, instruments whose sounds have made him famous and
have made his music into an easily recognisable entity. Winter,
who from a very young age has worked in several bands, has matured
his style up to a truly personal, inimitable point.
Winter formed his Paul Winter Sextet in the early sixties,
almost always performing in jazz environments. His first tour put
him in contact with other cultures, something that would influence
him forever. In 1967, he started the Paul Winter Consort, where he
fused his jazzy roots with instrumental voices from other genres
and cultural styles. Nature, the songs of whales, ethnic music and
other sources for inspiration would shape step by step what Winter
and his musicians call "Earth Music", the music from our planet.
In 1980, this composer creates his own label, Living Music
Records, where he has released his great works of the eighties and
the nineties. Awarded with three Grammy prizes and nominated in
eight different further occassions, Paul and his Consort reached
their maximum difusion and popularity. Specially interesting are
his annual concerts at the St. John the Divine cathedral, as well
as his tours and over 2,000 concerts all over the world.
Essential recordings:
ICARUS (PW Consort)
CALLINGS
MISSA GAIA / EARTH MASS
SUN SINGER
COMMON GROUND
CONCERT FOR THE EARTH (PW Consort)
CANYON
LIVING MUSIC COLLECTION 1 (PW Consort)
WINTERSONG (PW Consort)
WHALES ALIVE! (& Paul Halley/Leonard Nimoy)
EARTHBEAT (PW Consort & Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers)
LIVING MUSIC COLLECTION II (PW Consort)
WOLF EYES: A RETROSPECTIVE
EARTH:VOICES OF A PLANET
THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES (PW Consort)
TURTLE ISLAND (PW Consort & Gary Snyder)
ANTHEMS: 10 YEARS OF LIVING MUSIC (& friends)
SOLSTICE LIVE! (PW Consort with Special Guests)
SPANISH ANGEL (PW Consort)
PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS (& Earth Band)
CANYON LULLABY
SOLSTICE LIVE! (1998) (PW Consort with Special Guests)
BRAZILIAN DAYS (& Oscar CastroNeves)
GREATEST HITS + BONUS DISC

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GINKGO GARDEN:
"SECRET CALL"
Prudence
Secret Call was a spectacular hit in 1996 and now will be released
in the USA by Sonic Images. Waiting for the new album (which will
be titled Letters from Earth), it is a good thing to listen to
Secret Call one more time. It is certainly a bestseller and it
deserves the popularity: Ginkgo Garden (the German composer Eddy
F. Mueller) produced an absolutely fantastic, original and fresh
album. Secret Call is only the second CD by Ginkgo Garden, but
Mueller is a very experienced composer. He has produced 11 LPs/CDs
under the pseudonym Birdy and this music has been used as library
music in more than 2,000 films, videos and commercials. So Secret
Call sounds extremely sophisticated and very professional. The CD
contains 14 themes. They have really great arrangements and
melodies and it is difficult to mention one over the rest. Perhaps
tracks 1 and 4 are specially interesting. The album will be of
much interest for everybody who like new instrumental music, and
not only for radical lovers of electronic music.
MANUEL MONTES

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GINKGO GARDEN
Eddy F. Mueller got his musical experience in the city of Hagen,
Germany. In those days Eddy was a guitarist and keyboarder in
different rockbands and developed from a live rock musician to a
songwriter whose main instrument became the recording studio. He
produced several CDs under the pseudonym Birdy. Library music was
the subject Eddy had completely committed himself to for many
years. Inspired by a German TV documentary called “Ginkgo, Leaves
of Hope”, he created his project Ginkgo Garden.
Essential recordings:
LEAVES OF HOPE
SECRET CALL

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