Alvin Curran - The Works LP a mixture of spacious ambient

a mixture of spacious ambient and synth-leaden music

influenced by rock

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before reedsman Peter Van Der Locht (at times playing two saxes at once á la Rahsaan Roland Kirk) and trumpeter Boy Raaymakers let loose

the sensation of late fall foliage glimpsed through the window of a quickly passing train

Alvin Curran - The Works LP a mixture of spacious ambientThe Works one of the most famous pieces by brilliant American composer Alvin Curran was not created by will and direct purpose but, as the composer himself states, as a "providential accident" which is to say quite organically. Combining piano and voice with found sound and a custom built Serge modular synthesizer, The Works is a slowly developing piece where space and ambient tape are eventually overtaken by raga esque chanting and frenetic piano