I Am Sitting In A Room Alvin Lucier

Attempting to smooth out his stutter he began with the lines i am sitting in a room the same one you are in now.

I am sitting in a room alvin lucier.

Lucier read a text into a microphone. Through playback and recording of successive generations of his own voice the sound is washed until his talking is a pure harmonic. The audio section of the piece features alvin lucier recording himself narrating a text and then playing the tape recording back into the room re recording it. Alvin lucier february 9 2005.

Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about alvin lucier i am sitting in a room at discogs. The album starts with a relatively bland lucier i am sitting in a room but as the generations progress everything becomes a pure ambient. Alvin lucier papers 1939 2015 music division the new. I am sitting in a room 1969 by alvin lucier real time realization by christopher burns 2000 alvin lucier discography at musicbrainz.

Sitting in a room with alvin lucier the 83 year old us composer was in dundalk at the weekend to discuss and perform his seminal work sitting in a room. Complete your alvin lucier collection. Interviewed by frank j. I am sitting in a room is a multi media piece created in 1969 1970 by mary and alvin lucier and in its solo sound version is one of composer alvin lucier s best known works.

Alvin lucier born may 14 1931 is an american composer of music and sound installations exploring acoustic phenomena especially resonance as well as a former member of the sonic arts union along with robert ashley david behrman and gordon mumma as a self acknowledged composer of experimental music lucier s compositions sometimes deal with elements of indeterminacy. The material was recorded on a nagra tape recorder with an electro voice 635 dynamic microphone and played back on one channel of a revox a77 tape recorder dynaco amplifier and a klh model six loudspeaker. I am sitting in a room different. From i am sitting in a room lovely music ltd 1981.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Sitting in a room with alvin lucier. Oteri published april 1 2005. This recording was made by alvin lucier on october 29th and 31st 1980 in the living room of his home in middletown ct.

I am sitting in a room is alvin lucier s idea of pure sound experiments.