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ARTIST
EASTMAN, JULIUS
TITLE
Femenine
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
FROZEN REEDS
CATALOG #
FR 006LP
FR 006LP
GENRE
CLASSICAL
RELEASE DATE
6/2/2023
2023 repress. Double-LP version, black vinyl in gatefold sleeve -- on vinyl for the first time, in a revelatory new remaster by
Jim O'Rourke
. In 2016, Finnish label frozen reeds published the première release of
Julius Eastman
's
Femenine
, for chamber ensemble. Laying unheard for decades prior, the release documented a 1974 performance by the
S.E.M. Ensemble
with the composer himself on piano. Lauded in Pitchfork (awarded "Best New Music"), The New Yorker, and The New York Times, the first release of
Femenine
served as the catalyst that propelled Eastman's music into the mainstream. Articles on Eastman's music and its immediate disruptive impact on the classical canon began to appear in every major news organ in the English-speaking world and beyond. His music began to be programmed in major concerts and festivals, several of these entirely themed around his life and work. New recordings sprang up from a fresh generation of musicians engaging with his ideas and interpreting them for a modern audience hungry to hear more. But the raw, emotionally cascading spirit of the original performance continues to inspire listeners. Joyous, insistent, and immersive,
Femenine
bathes the listener in surges of tonal color from intertwining winds, piano, violin, pitched percussion, synthesizer, and -- uniquely -- the composer's own invention of mechanized sleigh bells, which provide the 72-minute piece with its characteristic pulse.
Femenine
was recorded live by
Steve Cellum
-- co-producer of
Arthur Russell
's
World of Echo
-- and the new vinyl reissue has been remastered from the original high-definition tape transfer by
Jim O'Rourke
at his Steamroom studio in the Japanese mountains. Illuminating sleeve notes are provided by composer and author
Mary Jane Leach
, key figure of the Eastman revival and co-editor of the
Gay Guerrilla
collection of essays on his life and music. Gatefold. "
Eastman's stated aim with
Femenine
was to please listeners, saying of the piece that 'the end sounds like the angels opening up heaven . . . should we say euphoria?
" --Mary Jane Leach
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