Organ and silence, by Tom Johnson

Organ and silence

by Tom Johnson

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	1.	Organ and silence - III 01:55
	2.	Organ and silence - IV 02:59
	3.	Organ and silence - V 04:34
	4.	Organ and silence - VII 05:14
	5.	Organ and silence - VIII 05:47
	6.	Organ and silence - XII 03:50
	7.	Organ and silence - XVI 03:44
	8.	Organ and silence - XVII 02:55
	9.	Organ and silence - XVIII 03:02
	10.	Organ and silence - XIX 04:00
	11.	Organ and silence - XX 04:36
	12.	Organ and silence - XXII 03:29
	13.	Organ and silence - XXIV 03:43
	14.	Organ and silence - XXV 04:51
	15.	Organ and silence - XXVI 03:55
	16.	Organ and silence -XXVIII 03:09

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A music concerned for, as the author writes in the disc notes, “… the importance of silence in music…”. This work is conceived not “for organ” but, really, for “organ and silence”, as the silence is a fundamental part of it, and it’s not possible to give it up. It’s an attempt, as the author explain “ to permit as much silence as possible, without allowing the music to actually stop”.
Tom Johnson is one of the masters of minimalism, but he combines this with rigorous logic. His work, free from false glitters, defines, better that any other one, the sense of a research the goes beyond the strict genre definitions, and become poetic application of original ideas.

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released November 17, 2003

Composed by Tom Johnson.
Wesley Roberts, organ.
Recorded in the Chapel of the Sisters of Loretto, Nerinx, Kentucky, spring 2001, by Ronald E. Stopher.

Liner notes by Tom Johnson.
Graphic design and executive production by Giovanni Antognozzi.

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ANTS (that stands for "A New Timeless Sound", but can also be related to the infatigable little insects) is an experimental label based in Rome, Italy, operating from 2001. We promote Italian and international independent artists representing the fields of minimalism, sound art, electroacoustics, and more. ... more

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