Label: Creel Pone CP 199.10 CD

Creel Poneが長年温めていた作品が遂にリリース！！南アフリカにて活動した二人のどマイナー作曲家Hans RoosenschoonとGerald Lapierreの80年代音源が纏められCreel Poneラインナップに登場！！85年に発表されたHans Roosenschoonの[If Music Be]は最悪のミュージックコンクレートと評される1枚であり、フラフラとしたFMシンセが様々なテキストと共にミックスされる不穏極まりない内容。一方セルフリリース(?)にて82年に発表されたGerald Lapierreの[Shades Of Burgundy]は、コラージュやポストモダン、更にはサウンドアート的要素が一緒くたに纏められた、まさにアヴァンギャルド・クラシックな一枚。大推薦。



At the lofty "10" position in the cursed Creel Pone 199.X series is this doomed double-pack, collecting a pair of early-mid-80s South African pressings that were the source of fierce debate (for close to a decade) amongst the C.P. cabal surrounding what was, and what wasn't, ripe for the series.

Personally speaking, I feel that Hans Roosenschoon's A-Side-length "If Music Be (for Tape Collage)" is the single worst Musique Concète piece I have ever heard, consisting of clunky FM assemblages & the most dry-toast recitatif this side of an Industrial film, but I understand how the postmodern forces of schadenfreude (something we typically avoid) can lend an enjoyable rush of endorphins, even if the material itself is questionable (for example, when the piece descends into a hamfisted "heroic" arena-rock choogler w/ apropos "hands in the air" guitar solo, I kind of die on the inside more than a little bit). The non-Electronic B-Side fares better, with a certain post-Darmstadt embrace of clustering and extended instrumental & ensemble technique, but yeesh... Gorgeous cover though, replicated here beautifully.