ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Weird Folk the final piece seems squelched

the final piece seems squelched straight from the cosmos

and the tanpura drone of Moki

with a beat built from a loop of ruptured noise waging war against the paired voices of Sparhawk and Parker the moment they begin to sing during the massive “Quorum

emotive vocal performance Frankie Rose has committed to tape to date

I savored that book and bought AGW on iTunes and would listen on repeat while I ate my suppers

ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Weird Folk the final piece seems squelchedThe first vinyl LP release from Fluxus pioneer Alison Knowles (b. 1933). Sounds from the Book of Bean is an assemblage of noises and texts related to The Book of Bean (1982), Knowles 8 foot tall walk in book constructed at Franklin Furnace in New York. This recording, the sounds of making the big book, was continually played back inside of the installation. Echoes of Yoshi Wada hammering together the circular spine of the book, other collaborators