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- Charlemagne Palestine
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- CHARRRLLEEMMMA GGGNEELANDDDDDS SS”””””” CCCRREATTO RRSSSSSCCCARILLON NNN”””””””” DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz ferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINI TIESSSSS!!!!!!!!! with STTT THOMASSS ‘’’’”‘”DINGG GDONGGGDINGGGzzz zzzz ferrrr TONYYY’’’’’’’’
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- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF064LP
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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Press Release
DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz!!!!!!! In the newest record by the iconoclastic Brooklyn-born composer Charlemagne Palestine (b. 1947), find two mesmerizing works for carillon, the keyboard-controlled bell tower derived in the 16th century. On side A, a new piece recorded at the artist’s studio in Belgium a high-ceiling, stuffed-animal-packed paradise he calls Charleworld among friends and “divinities,” his name for the thousands of plush toys he’s amassed since the ’60s. On the flip side, Blank Forms Editions’ very first and long out-of-print release appears on vinyl for the first time: a cathartic street recording of the minimalist composer’s 2018 musical eulogy for his late friend Tony Conrad, performed on the bells of St. Thomas Episcopal Church where the two first met. Two mesmerizing “klanggdedangggebannggg” sessions in the Quasimodo of 53rd Street’s unmistakable improvisatory style. Perhaps more than any of his contemporaries in the bustling, cross-disciplinary downtown New York arts scene of the ’60s and ’70s, Charlemagne Palestine has embodied the notion of the artist as playful polymath, testing and transcending nearly every creative form imaginable in his more than six-decade career. Originally trained in Jewish sacred singing to be a cantor, he began his artistic life as a musician, studying piano and accordion, accompanying figures like Tiny Tim and Allen Ginsburg on percussion, using early synthesizers as an assistant to Alwin Nikolais, and eventually landing a long-running gig as the carillonneur at Midtown’s St. Thomas Episocal. This libertine spirit of experimentation soon led to adventures in other aesthetic arenas: making kinetic light sculptures with Len Lye, devising choreographed performances with Simone Forti, and producing over a dozen visceral videotapes with the Castelli Gallery. In the ’70s, he was particularly prominent on the burgeoning loft movement, becoming well-known for his sparse, intense, and exacting long-form piano concerts, that seemed to bend the very nature of time and space. Beginning in the ’80s, he spent decades in self-imposed exile from the new music scene, absconding to a palace in Europe and privately honing his hermetic sonic and visual practice, until his resurgence among record fanatics in the mid-’90s.
Track List
A1 DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz ferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINI TIESSSSS!!!!!!!!!
B1 STTT THOMASSS ‘’’’”‘”DINGG GDONGGGDINGGGzzz zzzz ferrrr TONYYY’’’’’’’’
Charlemagne Palestine
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGZZZZZZZ FERRRR SSSOFTTT DIVINI TIESSSSS!!!!!!!!!
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- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF064DIGITAL
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- Ttuunneesszz Duh Rruunneesszz (Blue TB7 Series)
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- Moog Recordings Library
- Catalogue Number
- RDM103
- Release Date
- August 10, 2018
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- Interrvallissphereee (Blue TB7 Series)
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- Moog Recordings Library
- Catalogue Number
- RDM104
- Release Date
- August 10, 2018
- LP
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
- ReleaseProduct
- STTT THOMASSS ‘’’’"‘"DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz ferrrr TONYYY’’’’’’’’
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- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF001DIGITAL
- Release Date
- December 11, 2017
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- Omminggg & Schlomminggg
- Label
- Important Records
- Catalogue Number
- IMPREC 448DI
- Release Date
- June 16, 2017
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
- ReleaseProduct
- Godbear
- Label
- Black Truffle
- Catalogue Number
- Black Truffle 019
- Release Date
- February 19, 2016
- LP
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- Artist
- Charlemagne Palestine
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- Strumming Music For Piano, Harpsichord And Strings Ensemble
- Label
- Sub Rosa
- Catalogue Number
- 5411867112976
- Release Date
- September 1, 2010
- CD
Blank Forms Editions
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- Artist
- The Shadow Ring
- ReleaseProduct
- The Shadow Ring (1992–2002)
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BFBX004DIGI
- Release Date
- May 31, 2024
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- Artist
- Atrás del Cosmos
- ReleaseProduct
- Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF063DIGITAL
- Release Date
- April 19, 2024
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- Artist
- James Rushford
- ReleaseProduct
- Turzets
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF068DIGITAL
- Release Date
- April 5, 2024
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- Artist
- Atrás del Cosmos
- ReleaseProduct
- Hot Dreams
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- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF063SINGLE
- Release Date
- February 21, 2024
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- Artist
- James Rushford
- ReleaseProduct
- Quire I
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BF068DIGITAL1
- Release Date
- February 14, 2024
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- Artist
- Áine O'Dwyer
- ReleaseProduct
- Turning in Space: Motorwave
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BFTP01DIGITAL
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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- Artist
- Áine O'Dwyer
- ReleaseProduct
- Turning in Space: Playing Place
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- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BFTP02DIGITAL
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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- Artist
- Áine O'Dwyer
- ReleaseProduct
- Turning in Space: Slipstream
- Label
- Blank Forms Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BFTP03DIGITAL
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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