v/a - Futurism & Dada Reviewed 1912-1959

Futurism & Dada Reviewed is a popular primer CD compiling archive sound recordings made by leading figures from both key 20th century avant-garde art movements. Contributors include Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Antonio Russolo, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Duchamp, Wyndham Lewis, Guillaume Apollinaire, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco and Richard Huelsenbeck.

The audio content includes interviews, tone poetry and avant-garde musical pieces, all recorded between 1913 and 1959. CD booklet contains detailed liner notes and archive images. Cover collage by Joël van Audenhaege.

Tracklist

1. LUIGI RUSSOLO Risveglio di una citta
2. ANTONIO RUSSOLO Corale
3. F.T. MARINETTI Sintesi Musicali Futuriste
4. ANTONIO RUSSOLO Serenata
5. F.T. MARINETTI La Battaglia di Adrianopoli
6. F.T. MARINETTI Definizione di Futurismo
7. LUIGI GRANDI Cavalli + Acciaio
8. WYNDHAM LEWIS End of Enemy Interlude
9. GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Le Pont Mirabeau
10. T. TZARA/M. JANCO/R. HUELSENBECK L'amiral cherche une maison à louer
11. MARCEL DUCHAMP La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même
RICHARD HUELSENBECK Inventing Dada
TRISTAN TZARA Dada Into Surrealism
12. KURT SCHWITTERS Die Sonate in Urlauten
13. JEAN COCTEAU La Toison d'Or
14. JEAN COCTEAU Les Voleurs d'Enfants

Reviews:

"Exceptional - from Wyndham Lewis' posh tones to some skippy jazz-hot from Jean Cocteau, this is unremittingly fresh and joyous" (The Wire, 10/2000)

"Wonderful. You could imagine Tim Burton using it for a camp re-creation of a silent frightener" (The Guardian, 11/2000)

"The most enthralling LTM project to date - should lie in every record collection, bar none" (Melody Maker, 12/1988)

"Blows the pants off most of the crap which passes for pop these days" (Marie Claire, 1988)