Ben Patterson Early Works cd

$18.50

cd
1999/1960-1995
new
A major Alga Margen release, and a definite candidate for my favorite Fluxus piece of all time is right here. It's Ben Patterson's 'A Simple Opera'. A brilliantly reflexive speech, spoken in Ben's own throaty monotone is broken up by a series of repeated frog toy squeaks. Each run through adds one squeak to the series, and before long you can't decide which is the most annoying: Ben's voice, his slightly daffy commentary, or that goddamned frog. As if that wasn't enough, there's also some pieces with Philip Corner & Walter Marchetti playing nothing but crumpled up pieces of paper. Tracklisting: A Simple Opera, Duo for Voice & a String Instrument, Variations for Double Bass, Paper Piece, Pond.
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    Happy listening & crank 'em up loud.