delaurenti.net - Christopher DeLaurenti

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Christopher DeLaurenti is a Seattle based composer, improvisor, and phonographer. A new music rabble-rouser, he also writes music reviews and articles.

News as of January 5, 2009

Outage! Seattle's Great Winter Storm knocked this site off-line. I'm getting it back up in bits and pieces; everything should be back by January 10.

Apparently, Hell has frozen over. I'm on myspace. Also look for a substantial (and compliant!) site redesign in early 2009!

I'm honored that the collective Ultra-red has released my latest album, Wallingford Food Bank, on their label Public Record; it's a free download complete with cover, insert, and high bitrate mp3s.

I have new contact information!

The July/August 2008 issue of The Believer has my short essay, "A Secret History of Phonography," about one of my favorite discs, DogPoundFoundSound(Bad Radio Dog Massacre. Read a short excerpt online.

In honor of May Day, UbuWeb is featuring my Four Protest Symphonies, a quartet of pieces fashioned from my front-line field recordings made at various political actions, including both N30 pieces, the hitherto unreleased Two Secret Wars, and Live in NY at the Republican National Convention Protest September 2 - August 28, 2004 in their entirety.

Finally, Favorite Intermissions: Music Before and Between Beethoven - Stravinsky - Holst is back! After negotiating with UMG, the corporate parent of Deutsche Grammophon, the album returns in a limited edition with revised cover art. The link above leads to reviews as well as an mp3 from the album, the New York Times article, and an interview.

A few copies of Live in New York at the Republican National Convention Protest September 2 - August 28, 2004 remain available in the limited DVD case edition. Obtain it from me or from the fine folks at Carbon Records.

If you want to stay abreast of major site changes (new essays, new music, revised resources) then contact me. Generally, I send out an update every few months.

site design note I have eschewed security hazards such as JavaScript and ActiveX as well as avoided frames, pop-ups, browser-crashing plug-ins, and the standards-flouting implementations of CSS - at least for now. My goal is to offer readable and interesting pages without distracting junk, though one day I will have to learn XML and all that other new fangled stuff - and maybe even manage a DOCTYPE declaration.

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