Les Disques du Crepuscule
(TWI1245-1: 708527190401/TWI1245-2: 708527190418)
Release date: 11/22/2019
Genre: Avant garde, Surrealist
$14.99
The vinyl edition is limited to 500 copies and is pressed on crystal clear vinyl.
Les Disques du Crepuscule is pleased to announce new CD and vinyl editions of landmark avant-garde composition Vexations by Erik Satie, originally written in 1893.
The extraordinary score for Vexations is just three lines long, yet a complete performance (840 repetitions) may last for anything between 14 and 28 hours. First performed under the supervision of John Cage in 1963, this radical, enigmatic, proto-Surrealist work is now recognised as a significant milestone in the avant-garde canon.
Some credit Vexations with occult numerical meaning; others discern Satie’s greatest musical prank, or a “poor man’s Ring of the Nibelung”. Curiously, despite the almost infinitely repetitive nature of the piece, the central 18 note motif is notoriously hard to remember. Few solo pianists have been able to negotiate a complete performance of all 840 repetitions, although in 2012 a non-stop performance lasting 35 hours was undertaken in Tokyo.
This meditative 70 minute recording features 40 repetitions of the motif, performed by Alan Marks on piano. The recording was produced by Thomas Wilbrandt. Both the CD and vinyl versions include detailed liner notes by Marks and musicologist Stephen Whittington.
CD tracklist:
LP tracklist:
$12.00
Last copies.Emeralds is the new album by guitarist/songwriter, producer and sound architect Robin Guthrie. Another uncompromising step along the path that is his vision, enveloping...
$8.00
CD in digipak. Repress of 500. Originally released February 7, 2011.Darla Records is proud to offer Bordeaux, a new album by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd;...
$8.00
CD in six panel Digipak.500 x black vinyl 2xLP in gatefold with download. Pressed at 45 rpm for best audio quality. 1500 x "Ghost color"...
$8.00
CD in six panel Digipak.500 x opaque orange vinyl 2xLP in gatefold with download. Pressed at 45 rpm for best audio quality. 1500 x translucent blue vinyl 2xLP in...
$8.00
Highest quality vinyl pressing: Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk. Pressed at Gotta Groove Records. New art. UV spot gloss. Made with love and care.SIDE A...
$8.00
now.First time on vinyl. Order 2xLP and get instant download.Limited edition of 200 Transparent Coke Bottle Green 2xLP.Limited edition of 300 Audiophile Natural Uncolored 2xLP. Audiophile Natural Uncolored...
$12.00
1. Movement I, 2. Chance, 3. Optimism, 4. The Mystique of the Locomotive, 5. Soleil Radieux, 6. Anais No. 4, 7. Movement 2, 8. Vista-dome,...
$7.00
Black vinyl LP limited to 250. Darla Records is proud to offer a new solo record by our old friend Matt Hunter of the legendary...