Walter Marchetti La Caccia lp

lp
2010/1965
new
Marchetti became interested in Cage during the 50s, founded a Fluxus-ish group called ZAJ in the mid 60s, and has spent most of his life trying to erase the line between music and it's surrounding environment. 'La Caccia', for example, is an elaborate pun, named after a 14th century Italian fad for songs about hunting or the marketplace, characterized by two voices in unison and a 3rd vocal soloist. Marchetti reproduces the style using bird calls, making a fantasy aviary where geography & climate are ignored. Adaptations of the piece asked the performers to go outside, or for a single performer using a single birdcall to walk off into the sunset looking to match/catch the bird that belonged to his call. There's even a related piece that's a city-wide hunt for the bird of paradise. Tracklisting: La Caccia.