photos by
Ian Vollmer.
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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.
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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.
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