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Substantive electro-acoustic music that makes you smile.:
I'm a high school music teacher and I love using "Garland Hirschi's Cows" and "The Door" to expand my students' definition of music. These two compositions especially are entertaining enough to keep the class's attention while introducing some important concepts. I am invariably asked to play it again over the next several days as anyone who was absent returns and hears about it from enthusiastic friends. I've also had to buy it three times so far because, unlike the rest of my classical and jazz CD's, this one tends to walk away. . . You'll enjoy this. If it whets your appetite for something a bit more "serious," try Steve Reich's "Different Trains" with the Kronos Quartet. You may prefer it, but you'll still never forget the cows.


Lively Livestock:
Graduate of the Chicago Conservatory of Music, Phillip Bimstein formed the New Wave group, Phil 'n' the Blanks. Fascinated by language, Bimstein incorporates text into his music. In the title track, a Utah farmer talks about his cows, the history of butchery and why cows Moo. "The Louie Louie Variations" deconstructs the classic rock song into a contemplative fantasy with the help of the Modern Mandolin Quartet. Backed by the Turtle Island String Quartet, "Dark Winds Rising" records three generations of the Jake family. They speak of the sanctity of their ancestrial land vs. the toxic waste incinerator built nearby. "Vox=Dominum" is an atmospheric work that cuts up vocal love chants of the ancient Sufi poet Rumi. Another inventive recording from the Starkland label.


Artist:Phillip Kent Bimstein
Binding:Audio CD
EAN:0754702020520
Format:Import
Original Release Date:1996-01-01
Release Date:1996-01-01
Running Time:57 minutes
UPC:754702020520


Tracks:
  • Garland Hirschi's Cows: A Little Bit About My Cows - Bimstein, Phillip K
  • Garland Hirschi's Cows: Pasturale - Bimstein, Phillip K
  • Garland Hirschi's Cows: Moovement - Bimstein, Phillip K
  • The Louie Louie Variations - Modern Mandolin Qua
  • Dark Winds Rising: The Last Jake - Turtle Island Strin
  • Dark Winds Rising: Walking Barefooted - Turtle Island Strin
  • Dark Winds Rising: With the Earth - Turtle Island Strin
  • Dark Winds Rising: Among All People - Turtle Island Strin
  • The Door - Bimstein, Phillip K
  • Vox=Dominum - Bimstein, Phillip K



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