Music for Hospitals
by Sines of Exquisite Pleasure
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about
Originally released on compact cassette in December 1984, "Music for Hospitals" was Douglas Em's second cassette release under the nom de plume Sines of Exquisite Pleasure. Limited to 100 copies and for the most part privately distributed, "Music for Hospitals" explored Em's interest in the "systems music" of Terry Rily and Philip Glass as well as the "ambient" experiments of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.
Recorded with a Teac 3440 reel-to-reel 4-track, Em's minimalist sound palette consisted primarily of a Gibson SG guitar and a Minimoog synthesizer. An ancient Baldwin upright spinet piano and five traditional Alpine cow bells of various sizes were also employed on several tracks. In addition, several analog and digital delays and a Nakamichi tape deck were integral tools used in the sound construction process. The seven tracks on "Music for Hospitals" each represent Em's fascination with cyclical sound structures and the inherent randomness of probability modeling as it applies to the allocation and distribution of sound sources in the stereo field. According to Brian Westgate in a 1985 review of "Music for Hospitals" in Arttek Magazine, "The patterns and cycles of change in the pieces on "Music for Hospitals" are akin to the arcane numerological system found in the 'I Ching' where structure and meaning is produced by random events that conform to a rigorously stochastic method of mathematical probability." In retrospect, "Music for Hospitals" is an early lineal descendant of the "ambient" sound experiments initiated by Brian Eno in the late 1970s and Robert Fripp's loop-obsessed "frippertronic" soundscapes of the early 1980s.
Douglas Em (b. 1961, Nashville, TN) studied music and film production at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, and later taught electronic music composition and music theory at Concordia University in Portland, OR. His works include "Modular Systems" (1982), "Music for Hospitals" (1984), "Cinema Zero" (1988), "Energy Structures for Guitar & Electronic Devices" (1993), and "Music for the Films of Maya Deren" (1997). He has also produced film pieces and installation performances for Vanderbilt University, Reed College, the Von Braun Center, and the South Carolina Commission for the Arts.
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GLORY AWAITS ⚔️
Recorded with a Teac 3440 reel-to-reel 4-track, Em's minimalist sound palette consisted primarily of a Gibson SG guitar and a Minimoog synthesizer. An ancient Baldwin upright spinet piano and five traditional Alpine cow bells of various sizes were also employed on several tracks. In addition, several analog and digital delays and a Nakamichi tape deck were integral tools used in the sound construction process. The seven tracks on "Music for Hospitals" each represent Em's fascination with cyclical sound structures and the inherent randomness of probability modeling as it applies to the allocation and distribution of sound sources in the stereo field. According to Brian Westgate in a 1985 review of "Music for Hospitals" in Arttek Magazine, "The patterns and cycles of change in the pieces on "Music for Hospitals" are akin to the arcane numerological system found in the 'I Ching' where structure and meaning is produced by random events that conform to a rigorously stochastic method of mathematical probability." In retrospect, "Music for Hospitals" is an early lineal descendant of the "ambient" sound experiments initiated by Brian Eno in the late 1970s and Robert Fripp's loop-obsessed "frippertronic" soundscapes of the early 1980s.
Douglas Em (b. 1961, Nashville, TN) studied music and film production at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, and later taught electronic music composition and music theory at Concordia University in Portland, OR. His works include "Modular Systems" (1982), "Music for Hospitals" (1984), "Cinema Zero" (1988), "Energy Structures for Guitar & Electronic Devices" (1993), and "Music for the Films of Maya Deren" (1997). He has also produced film pieces and installation performances for Vanderbilt University, Reed College, the Von Braun Center, and the South Carolina Commission for the Arts.
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Thanks to the GUILD, this cassette release is possible; one hundred many blessings unto all ye knights of the realm.
Praise and favor to the BOLD guildkin:
- Father of Rohan
- stramcork
- arilu_ishaya
- sean_Z
- SORCERERSDREAM
- Robert Goodman
Consider membership in our subscription service, the GUILD; a contribution of $3 per month wins you digital access to this release and 25% off of tapes (among other most virtuous spoils).
See our subscription tab for further details--
GLORY AWAITS ⚔️
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released November 18, 2022
Recorded 1983-1984 at the Dream Shop
Front cover: "Second Theme" by B. Diller
Composed, recorded, & produced by Douglas Em
Equipment: Minimoog, Guitar, Tapes, Electronics, Piano, Alpine Cow Bells, Analog & Digital Delays
Recorded 1983-1984 at the Dream Shop
Front cover: "Second Theme" by B. Diller
Composed, recorded, & produced by Douglas Em
Equipment: Minimoog, Guitar, Tapes, Electronics, Piano, Alpine Cow Bells, Analog & Digital Delays
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