YOKO ONO / THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA - Selected Recordings From Grapefruit DLP
For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONOâs 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings âGrapefruitâ, a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. Performed by THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA which has during the 25 years of its existence worked with GAVIN BRYARS, TERRY RILEY, PAULINE OLIVEROS, J.G. THIRLWELL, ARNOLD DREYBLATT a.o.
Originally self-published in 1964 in a limited edition of 500 copies under YOKO ONOâs own imprint, Wunternaum Press, and later reprinted in expanded editions, the collection of over 230 texts, event scores and drawings that comprise âGrapefruitâ has long been considered a foundational text in what became known as Conceptual Art, and envelops the orbit of Fluxus and experimental music.Though comparisons to JOHN CAGE may seem obvious, ONOâs first attempts at textual composition actually pre-date her first encounter with the American composer by around a decade and have evolved free from CAGEâs influence.
Another factor that sets these scores apart from associated forms of verbal notation from the same period (like LA MONTE YOUNGâs âAn Anthology Of Chance Operationsâ â with a contribution from ONO - or GEORGE BRECHTâs âWater Yamâ, both from 1963) is ONOâs ambivalence towards the necessity, or even possibility, of their physical realization â instead the idea being that the realization should take place in the mind of the reader (âMusic of the Mindâ is also the title of the current traveling exhibition which opened at Tate Modern, London in 2024).
However, a number of pieces from âGrapefruitâ function very well as performance or event scores, with several of them becoming mainstays of ONOâs concerts and performances throughout the early to mid 1960s. But hardly any performances have been recorded and released on disc (one notable exception being SONIC YOUTHâs recording of âVoice Piece For Sopranoâ) â so, 60 years after âGrapefruitâ first appeared, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ is the very first full album of pieces selected from the many sections of the book.
The sonic realizations presented here are of a number of different kinds, encompassing studio- based ensemble performances, but also location, environmental and field recordings (and at times combinations of these), as the scores themselves dictate, and for the most part recorded live and acoustically, such that the performances, actions, situations and environments that you hear are real. The accompanying booklet with rare performance photos and some original typewritten scores from ONOâs personal archive also includes the text instructions for each piece - thus allowing the listener to make a connection between the imaginative engagement and creative activity executed by the performing members of THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA and the resulting recording.
With 20 tracks and approx. 85 minutes duration, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ finally brings to ear some of the most important and influential 20th century avantgarde art! Yoko Ono is an artist, musician, composer and peace activist, born in Tokyo, Japan in 1933. She was active with the international avant-garde music, art, and performance scenes of the early 1960s, organising a series of important events in her New York loft, also active in Tokyo and London, and later becoming a key figure within the Fluxus network of artists. Her 1964 book of instructions, drawings and texts Grapefruit, is regarded as a cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art.
Her solo albums, including Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) have proved to be highly influential on the emergence of punk, post-punk, new wave, noise and a wide range of later experimental popular musics. She has staged many high-profile campaigns to promote world peace, including the international WAR IS OVER! If you want it billboard campaign (1969), and the proclamation of the conceptual state of Nutopia (1973), in collaboration with John Lennon, and the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, near Reykyavik, Iceland (2007).
For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONOâs 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings âGrapefruitâ, a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. Performed by THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA which has during the 25 years of its existence worked with GAVIN BRYARS, TERRY RILEY, PAULINE OLIVEROS, J.G. THIRLWELL, ARNOLD DREYBLATT a.o.
Originally self-published in 1964 in a limited edition of 500 copies under YOKO ONOâs own imprint, Wunternaum Press, and later reprinted in expanded editions, the collection of over 230 texts, event scores and drawings that comprise âGrapefruitâ has long been considered a foundational text in what became known as Conceptual Art, and envelops the orbit of Fluxus and experimental music.Though comparisons to JOHN CAGE may seem obvious, ONOâs first attempts at textual composition actually pre-date her first encounter with the American composer by around a decade and have evolved free from CAGEâs influence.
Another factor that sets these scores apart from associated forms of verbal notation from the same period (like LA MONTE YOUNGâs âAn Anthology Of Chance Operationsâ â with a contribution from ONO - or GEORGE BRECHTâs âWater Yamâ, both from 1963) is ONOâs ambivalence towards the necessity, or even possibility, of their physical realization â instead the idea being that the realization should take place in the mind of the reader (âMusic of the Mindâ is also the title of the current traveling exhibition which opened at Tate Modern, London in 2024).
However, a number of pieces from âGrapefruitâ function very well as performance or event scores, with several of them becoming mainstays of ONOâs concerts and performances throughout the early to mid 1960s. But hardly any performances have been recorded and released on disc (one notable exception being SONIC YOUTHâs recording of âVoice Piece For Sopranoâ) â so, 60 years after âGrapefruitâ first appeared, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ is the very first full album of pieces selected from the many sections of the book.
The sonic realizations presented here are of a number of different kinds, encompassing studio- based ensemble performances, but also location, environmental and field recordings (and at times combinations of these), as the scores themselves dictate, and for the most part recorded live and acoustically, such that the performances, actions, situations and environments that you hear are real. The accompanying booklet with rare performance photos and some original typewritten scores from ONOâs personal archive also includes the text instructions for each piece - thus allowing the listener to make a connection between the imaginative engagement and creative activity executed by the performing members of THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA and the resulting recording.
With 20 tracks and approx. 85 minutes duration, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ finally brings to ear some of the most important and influential 20th century avantgarde art! Yoko Ono is an artist, musician, composer and peace activist, born in Tokyo, Japan in 1933. She was active with the international avant-garde music, art, and performance scenes of the early 1960s, organising a series of important events in her New York loft, also active in Tokyo and London, and later becoming a key figure within the Fluxus network of artists. Her 1964 book of instructions, drawings and texts Grapefruit, is regarded as a cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art.
Her solo albums, including Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) have proved to be highly influential on the emergence of punk, post-punk, new wave, noise and a wide range of later experimental popular musics. She has staged many high-profile campaigns to promote world peace, including the international WAR IS OVER! If you want it billboard campaign (1969), and the proclamation of the conceptual state of Nutopia (1973), in collaboration with John Lennon, and the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, near Reykyavik, Iceland (2007).
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For the first time a full album with recordings based on YOKO ONOâs 1964 collection of texts, event scores and drawings âGrapefruitâ, a foundational cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art, and enveloping the orbits of Fluxus and experimental music. Performed by THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA which has during the 25 years of its existence worked with GAVIN BRYARS, TERRY RILEY, PAULINE OLIVEROS, J.G. THIRLWELL, ARNOLD DREYBLATT a.o.
Originally self-published in 1964 in a limited edition of 500 copies under YOKO ONOâs own imprint, Wunternaum Press, and later reprinted in expanded editions, the collection of over 230 texts, event scores and drawings that comprise âGrapefruitâ has long been considered a foundational text in what became known as Conceptual Art, and envelops the orbit of Fluxus and experimental music.Though comparisons to JOHN CAGE may seem obvious, ONOâs first attempts at textual composition actually pre-date her first encounter with the American composer by around a decade and have evolved free from CAGEâs influence.
Another factor that sets these scores apart from associated forms of verbal notation from the same period (like LA MONTE YOUNGâs âAn Anthology Of Chance Operationsâ â with a contribution from ONO - or GEORGE BRECHTâs âWater Yamâ, both from 1963) is ONOâs ambivalence towards the necessity, or even possibility, of their physical realization â instead the idea being that the realization should take place in the mind of the reader (âMusic of the Mindâ is also the title of the current traveling exhibition which opened at Tate Modern, London in 2024).
However, a number of pieces from âGrapefruitâ function very well as performance or event scores, with several of them becoming mainstays of ONOâs concerts and performances throughout the early to mid 1960s. But hardly any performances have been recorded and released on disc (one notable exception being SONIC YOUTHâs recording of âVoice Piece For Sopranoâ) â so, 60 years after âGrapefruitâ first appeared, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ is the very first full album of pieces selected from the many sections of the book.
The sonic realizations presented here are of a number of different kinds, encompassing studio- based ensemble performances, but also location, environmental and field recordings (and at times combinations of these), as the scores themselves dictate, and for the most part recorded live and acoustically, such that the performances, actions, situations and environments that you hear are real. The accompanying booklet with rare performance photos and some original typewritten scores from ONOâs personal archive also includes the text instructions for each piece - thus allowing the listener to make a connection between the imaginative engagement and creative activity executed by the performing members of THE GREAT LEARNING ORCHESTRA and the resulting recording.
With 20 tracks and approx. 85 minutes duration, âSelected Recordings From Grapefruitâ finally brings to ear some of the most important and influential 20th century avantgarde art! Yoko Ono is an artist, musician, composer and peace activist, born in Tokyo, Japan in 1933. She was active with the international avant-garde music, art, and performance scenes of the early 1960s, organising a series of important events in her New York loft, also active in Tokyo and London, and later becoming a key figure within the Fluxus network of artists. Her 1964 book of instructions, drawings and texts Grapefruit, is regarded as a cornerstone of what became known as conceptual art.
Her solo albums, including Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) have proved to be highly influential on the emergence of punk, post-punk, new wave, noise and a wide range of later experimental popular musics. She has staged many high-profile campaigns to promote world peace, including the international WAR IS OVER! If you want it billboard campaign (1969), and the proclamation of the conceptual state of Nutopia (1973), in collaboration with John Lennon, and the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, near Reykyavik, Iceland (2007).
