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I've held off making a comment about this release for several reasons. First of all an Amazon "review" isn't really the place for a lengthy article about why this music is important. Secondly, there is simply too much to talk about - 7 discs of amazing performances - yet it's impossible to describe the music in any meaningful way. In fact, there will no doubt be those that don't consider this music at all - perhaps it's only sound? Oh, but what sounds!
This music falls in the electronic music category, but it should be made clear that it's electronic music unlike the vast majority of electronic music out there. You see, the term "electronic music" usually denotes music written, performed, and recorded on some form of synthesizer. In Electronic Music realms, it's usually an keyboard based music. Now, David Tudor was an excellent pianist, so keyboard playing was his forte - but it's not something that's on show here.
For this box set you need to redefine what electronic is. You see, this is pioneering work, both in technological terms, and in creative terms also. Tudor was not content to take someone else's instrument and make music with it - he built his own instruments, his own circuits and effects. As a friend and follower of John Cage, Tudor enjoys the element of chance, of not knowing quite how something would turn out. As such, even for Tudor, no two performances were ever the same.
If you're into experimental music, then you really owe it to yourself to get this box. I'd even say it's essential listening. The box is amply supported by a 60 page booklet with excellent liner notes on almost every page. We also get remembrances from Wolfe and Mumma.
Probably the best known works here are the Rainforest pieces (pictured on the cover art), which follow Tudor's aesthetic, but this time in collaboration. We also get music from the Pepsi Pavilion from 1970, and a duo performance with the aforementioned Cage. The earliest piece is from 1963, that latest from 1992.
Listening to soundbites of this is virtually useless, you just have to give it time. None of the pieces coalesce into harmony and melody - this is music that even questions the very nature of music, which given his time with Cage shouldn't come as a surprise. And while some of the recordings are not the best quality, none of that matters when the pieces are this special.
Thank goodness for New World Records putting this out. I'll be enjoying it for years. So could you!
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