Trance is an important aspect in Angus MacLise’s sound works. The drummer, composer, poet and calligrapher was a link between Beat culture, New York City’s art scene in the Sixties, and the hippies. 78 minutes with material by an originator who never released a record during his short life.
A politician’s elusion becomes poetry, music of the collective subconscious is transferred into a dreamy landscape, and insects’ microtonal sounds get rhythmic. 36 minutes with pieces by Blancmange, Graeme Revell, Gregory Whitehead, Holger Hiller and others.
New York in the Sixties – A Hotbed for Experiments
- 26. March 2020
- Tagged as: Angus MacLise, conceptual art, Fluxus, Gerard Malanga, Henry Flynt, Henry Flynt & The Insurrections, Ingrid Superstar, Jack Smith, John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, minimalism, New York City, Plastic Clock Radio, Richard Maxfield, Steve Weber, The East Village Other, The Velvet Underground, Tony Conrad, Tuli Kupferberg, William S. Burroughs
Whether conceptual or performance art, electronic music, counterculture, minimalism, drone sounds, or Fluxus – New York City is a hotbed for all sorts of experiments during the Sixties. 62 minutes with Angus MacLise, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Richard Maxfield and others.