Ragnar Grippe: Symphonic Songs - VINYL LP

Ragnar Grippe: Symphonic Songs - VINYL LPTitle: Symphonic Songs Artist: Ragnar Grippe Label: Dais Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 638126003263 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2019 01 18 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: CLEAR VINYL Following his seminal release Sand in 1977, Swedish experimental composer Ragnar Grippe worked on various art and performance commissions, often returning to Stockholm during the summer months to focus his efforts on his compositional practice. It was there at the

Title: Symphonic Songs
Artist: Ragnar Grippe
Label: Dais
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 638126003263
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2019-01-18
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: CLEAR VINYL

Following his seminal release Sand in 1977, Swedish experimental composer Ragnar Grippe worked on various art and performance commissions, often returning to Stockholm during the summer months to focus his efforts on his compositional practice. It was there at the famed EMS Studios where he began employing the Buchla synthesizer and the facilities multi-tracking capabilities as new instruments to map his mining of sound and movement.During the late 1970's, Grippe formed a creative collaboration with choreographer Susan Buirge, specifically writing compositions for her works "Restes" and "Tamis", thus pushing Grippe to start working in a more intricate studio environment. In 1980, Grippe holed up at EMS Studios with the Buchla synthesizer and emerged with a new commission for Susan Buirge later formally titled Symphonic Songs and used in her avant-garde theater piece "Ci-Déla" which debuted in Paris in 1981. Symphonic Songs showcased Grippe's sound au courant, pushing dense against sparse, calm into cacophonous, using each track as it's own intersecting plane. Since it's live theater debut over 37 years ago, Dais Records releases for the first time Symphonic Songs, one of Grippe's most ambitious compositions to date.

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