Michael Pisaro-Liu: Tombstones, by Barbara Dang & Muzzix

Michael Pisaro-Liu: Tombstones

by Barbara Dang & Muzzix

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	1.	Blues fall 06:48
	2.	Fool 02:47
	3.	New Orleans 05:03
	4.	I didn’t say anything 03:46
	5.	Silent Cloud 06:09
	6.	Tombstone 02:39
	7.	A stranger 03:08
	8.	Unmoon 03:36
	9.	Stop 02:50
	10.	A better way of life 14:03
	11.	Why 00:07
	12.	Blues fall (excerpt) 03:14
	13.	Fool (excerpt) 02:20
	14.	Stop (excerpt) 02:16

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Tombstones is a collection of twenty songs composed by American composer Michael Pisaro-Liu between 2006 and 2010, journeying into experimental-pop with pieces that are "experimental or indeterminate but still a song". Eleven of the songs were previously released on vinyl from Human Ear Music in 2012 (and on CD in 2013), with an ensemble of nine musicians including Julia Holter, Lisa Tolentino, Laura Steenberge, Tashi Wada and Cassia Streb.

This disc features the same eleven songs under the artistic direction of the Lille-based pianist Barbara Dang. Dang and six members of the Muzzix collective (Yoann Bellefont, Ivann Cruz, Raphaël Godeau, Peter Orins, Christian Pruvost, Maryline Pruvost) recorded the pieces in June 2020, with Maryline Pruvost as the primary vocalist. While the 2013 ‘Tombstones’ release on Human Ear Music featured four different singers, and had experimental, impromptu arrangements, this new realization, with one main singer (Maryline Pruvost), is poetically nuanced, ethereal, pop-influenced chamber music.

"If Michael Pisaro-Liu is known for the integration of silence in his music, notably within the group of Wandelweiser composers, it is remarkable to see to what extent this composer possesses great knowledge of very varied musical genres (classical, metal, harsh noise, rock, rap, etc.) With Tombstones, Pisaro-Liu links writing modes that are specific to his way of composing - such as experimentation and indeterminacy - to the most widespread form of music: the so-called popular song. The singularity of this collection lies in the fact that the eleven titles that make it up are taken from country or blues songs, and in the fact that the instrumentation, the interpretation as well as the duration of certain titles is left undetermined. This allows the performance to be conceived in different ways: a song can be stretched to the extreme to compose an entire concert, the collection can be interpreted in its entirety, and the orchestration and the number of musicians on stage can also vary from one song to another, or even from one performance to another." (Barbara Dang)

Mastered by Michael Pisaro-Liu. The cover painting was created by Athens-based painter Maria Filippakopoulou.

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released October 19, 2021

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composed by Michael Pisaro-Liu

performed by Barbara Dang & Muzzix

Barbara Dang - artistic direction, piano, vocals, cymbal
Yoann Bellefont - double bass, Roland Alpha Juno-1
Ivann Cruz - guitar, vocals, spoken voice
Raphaël Godeau - guitar, whispering
Peter Orins - drums, speaking voice, falling book
Christian Pruvost - trumpet, vocals
Maryline Pruvost - vocals, spoken voice, hand clapping

recorded by Benjamin Maumus at Théâtre Le Colombier (Les Cabannes, 81) in June 2020

mixed by Benjamin Maumus at GMEA, CNCM (Albi, 81) in October 2020
mastered by Michael Pisaro-Liu

cover painting by Maria Filippakopoulou
design by Yuko Zama
produced by Barbara Dang and Yuko Zama

Michael Pisaro-Liu's Tombstones is published by Edition Wandelweiser.
www.wandelweiser.de

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