Alvin Curran - The Works LP but it's balanced by plenty

but it's balanced by plenty of finger picking

disconnected fragments of recorded "living speech" -- simultaneously disintegrate and merge to create meaning through the musical process

imagistic lyrics somewhere between the stoned political economy of D

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Alvin Curran - The Works LP but it's balanced by plentyThe Works one of the most famous pieces by brilliant American composer Alvin Curran was not created by will and direct purpose but, as the composer himself states, as a "providential accident" which is to say quite organically. Combining piano and voice with found sound and a custom built Serge modular synthesizer, The Works is a slowly developing piece where space and ambient tape are eventually overtaken by raga esque chanting and frenetic piano