Suspended Music
Suspended Music Now out on DVD-R. Includes excerpts of Pauline Oliveros' Epigraphs in the Time of Aids with the Deep Listening Band and Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument.
Recording
Field, H"Recording Field, H" features several firsts: the first recording bringing together Pauline Oliveros and interface; the first video documentation of interface and their unusual instruments; the first video documentation of the sonic character pieces Streams and Pikapika; the first duo connecting shakuhachi and the bowed-sensor-speaker-array; finally, the first DVD released by Deep Listening Publications.
The odd-numbered tracks are electronic improvisations, created spontaneously
with custom-made instruments. The even-numbered tracks feature Tomie Hahn as
two radically contrasting sonic characters; in "Streams" each gesture
of the dreamlike apparition recalls bodies of water, technology, a flow of information,
transmission, and liquid states; as Pikapika, Tomie embodies a spunky character
influenced by anime, Japanese dance, and bunraku. In both pieces Tomie wears
a sensing device developed by Curtis Bahn. This interface enables Tomie to negotiate
full control of all aspects of the virtual soundscape structure with her movements.
Pauline Oliveros - accordion and Expanded Instrument System (EIS)
Curtis Bahn - sensor bass
Tomie Hahn - interactive dance system and shakuhachi
Dan Trueman - sensor violin and bowed sensor/speaker array
COMPACT DISCS
Item number DL-CD-28; CD $16.00
A Musical Petition Against George W. Bush unites sixteen progressive
and determined artists brave enough to express their unique and profound music,
sounds, and words under one voice to call for the end of George Bush's presidency
as soon as possible. This compilation sends a clear, urgent, and peaceful cry
from all corners of the artistic community and features everything from jazz
to folk, punk rock to free improvisation, modern composition to spoken word.
The album is a benefit for the highly progressive non-profit organization, Not
In Our Name, an on-going project whose tireless efforts in creating awareness
of our current administration's unethical crusades have continued to inspire
and bring hope to thousands of concerned, fearful, and frustrated Americans.
At a time when our country is being controlled by one of the most controversial
leaders of recent past, No W...NOW! serves as a radically unique form of an
increasinly familiar protest. - Passive
Aggressive Records
Eight decades of women in experimental music. Featuring - Pauline Oliveros,
Mildred Couper, Annie Gosfield, Eleanor Hovda, Beth Custer, Johanna M. Beyer
and Yoko Ono.
This recording is a tribute to our dear friend Matt whose life was unexpectedly
cut short. The first piece is a live concert by The Space Between, recorded
in NYC in December 2002. The second piece is a live concert by The Space Between
with special guest Matthew Sperry, recorded in Berkeley in 1999. Released July
2003 on 482music.
Musicians: Pauline Oliveros (accordion), Philip
Gelb (shakuhachi), Dana Reason (piano),
Matthew Sperry (bass) - .482music
More than just an award-winning instrumentalist, Léandre is one of the
few artists able to world premiere works by new music composers like John Cage,
actively compose and premiere her own music on a world stage, and also collaborate
with the best creative improvisers playing today.
Musicians: Pauline Oliveros (accordion), Philip
Gelb (shakuhachi), Dana Reason (piano),
Joelle Leandre (bass) - .482music
Monique Buzzarté, trombone; Rosi Hertlein, violin/voice; Susie Ibarra, percussion; Kristin Norderval, voice; Pauline Oliveros., accordion. "Spanning three generations, New Circle Five is an acoustic improvising contemporary music ensemble. Diverse musical backgrounds result in unique twists as the five explore the one-time only sonic environment of collective creative improvisations. On this, their debut recording, New Circle Five perform their unique blend of collective creative improvisations from dreams of a non-violent world."
Item number DL-CD-20; CD $16.00
15th anniversary CD "These creative and interpretive musicians are themselves active collaborators bringing new work to life, crossing the lines that formerly divided schools, styles, categories and even countries".
"This is a wonderful group of musicians with wonderful
tone, great ensemble (going beyond the ordinary definition of the word to
more 'conceptual' aspects for those pieces to which they contribute their
own creative ideas), and interest in a wide range of styles." - Fanfare
Primordial LiftMinimalist composer and founding member of the Deep Listening Band, Pauline Oliveros is known for creating pulsating soundscapes and sonic meditations. In these premier recordings, however, she engages a more aggressive, electric sound with assistance from fellow minimalists Tony Conrad and Alex Gelencser, and Gastr Del Sol's David Grubbs. Within a strategic modulation processed through a low-frequency oscillator, Conrad's violin, Grubbs' harmonium, and Oliveros' signature accordion drone and enthrall. The guiding metaphor of Primordial Lift structures the musicians' performances, mirroring the resonate frequency of the earth and its acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz and beyond. In 1994 the frequency was already at 8.6 and 13hz will be achieved by 2010, at which point the magnetic fields of the earth will pass through a zero point and a polar shift will occur. The acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz is 'Primordial'; 13hz and beyond is 'Lift'
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Duos and solos by Pauline Oliveros (accordion) and Andrew Deutsch (electronics, modified television, bells) remixed by Andrew bearing in the mind this quote from Pauline's Software for People
"Unity through variety - variety through unity. Elements: Similarity of the sounds (unity), the transient swirling of leaves, the static nature of the foundation (variety).... How can unity dominate without destroying variety and vice versa? How can the two principles illuminate each other?....."This CD in a limited edition of 400 with individual tray bottom inserts including hand made and collaged elements. Produced by Deep Listening in cooperation with the Institute for Electronic Arts.
Item number DL-CD-9; Compact Disc OUT OF STOCK
Item Number DL-CD-16; Compact disc $16.00
Pauline Oliveros, "Godmother of Ambient" gives JdK the premiere live recording from her soldout concert at the Ysbreker, Amsterdam in January 1999. Working with electronic music-magician, David Gamper on his EIS system, they created transparent layers, crystalline structures slowly evolving and mesmerizing the listener in timeless forms. This is the pinnacle of the Oliveros/Gamper collaborations, music that through its depth, reveals ever more profound expression.
The long awaited soundtrack of the Ghostdance music and dance collaboration between Oliveros and Paula Josa-Jones, commissioned by Lincoln Center Out-of -Doors.
Includes I of IV, big mother is watching you, and bye bye butterfly. All three electronic works from the mid-sixties.
First recordings of In Memoriam Mr. Whitney, an acoustic performance with the American Music Theater Group - Neely Bruce, Director - and Oliveros on solo accordion in just intonation, and St. George and the Dragon for solo accordion. Recorded in a stone chapel in Pomfret, Connecticut in 1992.
Item number PO-CD-2; Compact disc $16.00 OUT OF STOCK
Accordion in just intonation in an interactive electronic environment created by Peter Ward. (1988) "...a typically engrossing Minimalist tapestry from Pauline Oliveros..." John Rockwell, The New York Times
Item number PO-CD-1; Compact disc $18.00
Featuring new exclusive works from: Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, John Bischoff & Alvin Curran. The Mills College Music Department and Center for Contemporary Music continue to play a leading role in the development of experimental music, a tradition that took root at the small liberal arts college in Oakland, California more than sixty years ago. This CD documents work in the area of electro-acoustical music by six composers active at Mills today.
Item number PO-CD-18; Compact disc $16.00
Also on the disc areVocal Chords and A Robert Johnson Sampler,Neil B. Rolnick; Child and the Moon-Tree, Julie Kabat; A Little Night Music and Demons of the Night, Barton McLean; and Modalities, Joel Chadabe. (1990)
An exploration, in sound, word and narrative of "Time" excerpted from a piece originally broadcast over New American Radio (in collaboration with Fanni Green). This collection also includes new audio works by Kato Hideki, Jin Hi Kim, Brenda Hutchinson, Ken Montgomery, Takehisa Kosugi, Ben Neill and Charlie Ahearn.
Accordionist Pauline Oliveros in two duos with percussionist Fritz Hauser - Deep-Sea Rendezvous and La Chambre Obscure - recorded in Switzerland. Others included in this collaborative album are vocalist Lauren Newton, guitarist Christy Doran, pianist Stephan Grieder, percussionist Rob Kloet, and brassman Rene Krebs.
Item number HF-CD-2; Compact disc $16.00
Philip Gelb (shakuhachi) with Chris Brown (electronics), Dana Reason (piano), Pauline Oliveros (accordion, conch), and Jon Raskin (saxes). Includes The Space Between improvisation by Gelb, Oliveros, Raskin, and Reason and Waves by Chris Brown for shakuhachi and interactives electronics. Sparking Beatnik Records SBR0006. Review from All About Jazz.
Oliveros' Humayun's Tomb is featured on this double CD compilation of sound journeys into WDR's Studio of Acoustic Art by Klaus Schoning. WERCO (WER 6307-2)
Includes Lucille's Violin performed and composed by Andrew Deutsch with processing by Pauline Oliveros, Pigeon performed, composed and processed by Pauline Oliveros, Carrierby Peer Bode (voice and vocoder), Andrew Deutsch (electronics) and Pauline Oliveros (accordion) and Lucille's Violin alogorithmic remix by Kevin McCoy. Carrier CD is a publication of Institute of Electronic Arts. More IEA material about Carrier.
Compilation from Composer Recordings, Inc. includes Pauline Oliveros' A Poem of Change (1992) along with works by Nurit Tilles, Linda Montano, Lori Feedman/Marilyn Lerner, Paula Kimper, Eve Beglarian,Jennifer Higdon, Annea Lockwood, Madelyn Byrne, and RuthAnderson. (CD 780 CRI 1998)
Item number PO-CD-11; Compact Disc $16.00
A 4 CD imported set includes In the Shadow of the Phoenix with Pauline Oliveros, accordion and Randy Raine-Reusch, Asian Mouth organs. Stateless: Paul Schütze, Nijiumu and Nuuk: Thomas Küner (ABB1000CD) Big Cat (1997)
Planet Squeezebox brings to light the dizzying diversity of
an instrument which has become a living presence in the traditional, the contemporary
and the cutting edge of music around the world. Accordionist Pauline Oliveros
is one of 40 "traditions" represented in this tour de force
just released by Ellipsis Arts. Comes with 56 page
book with detailed notes, rare photos and biographies relating to each performance.
Item number PO-CD-10; 3 Compact discs & booklet $45.00
Pauline Oliveros appears as one of the special guests in this O.O. Discs release. The Ensemble is William Kannar, bass and computer, C. Brian Rulon, synthesizers, and Matt Sullivan, oboe, English horn and wind controller. Other guests include Ned Rothenberg, Steve Mackey, Elliott Sharp, Samm Bennett and Robert Dick.
Item number PO-CD-12; Compact disc
Outstanding compositions for drumset solo. Eleven composers have accepted the opportunity to write solo pieces for Fritz Hauser's clearly defined drumset. Each work was created within an intensive dialogue between creator and perfomer. Composers include Bun-Ching Lam, Joey Baron, Warren Smith, Rob Kloet, Pauline Oliveros, Franz Koglmann, Stephan Grieder, John Cage, Pierre Favre, Robert Suter and Mani Planzer. (European import)
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Sounding the New ViolinSix pieces composed for and in collaboration with Malcolm Goldstein, that have extended the image of violin sounding, each in their own way. Besides Pauline Oliveros' Portrait of Malcolm, the album includes works by John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Philip Corner and James Tenney.
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A compilation by Comma, new music vocal trio, includes the first recording of Oliveros' Approches and Departures along with works by John Cage, Matthew Ross Davis, Joseph Zitt, and Tomas Bickley. As Andy Hamilton said in a recent review of this CD release: "The sound stage is fully exploited and the sonic effects are dazzling, ranging from howling, chanting and shreiking to coughing and licking of lips." (The Wire, issue 175, September 1998)
The
Space BetweenRecorded live at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) - Philip Gelb, shakuachi; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; Dana Reason, piano; Barre Phillips
Item number PO-COMP-2; Compact Disc $16.00
Live at the Meridian - India Cooke, violin; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; Karolyn van Putten, voice and tar - "The Circle Trio provides mesmerising proof that great improvisation depends not only on virtuoso playing, but also on virtuoso listening: carefully, joyfully, soulfully, with your whole being" - Fred Frith
Item number PO-COMP-3; Compact Disc $16.00
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SoundCd no. 1Live recordings of experimental improvisations organized as a part of sound. 1998-2001
"Alternating dense, burbling accumulations of tape
loops, musical saws and rickety analog synths with spooky, meandering solo
instrumental improvs, the discs possess unusual dynamics and an organic inclusiveness
that manages to locate deep-listening guru Oliveros in the same world with
perpetual Germ Don Bolles without cracking."
- Doug Harvey in the LA Weekly
Item number PO-COMP-4; 2 Compact Discs $32.00 OUT OF STOCK
"With it's second issue, Chris Rice's experimental music 'zine Halana goes from good to great." —Douglas Wolk, CMJ New Music Report
"Halana achieves a nigh perfect balance of content, cover art and high production values. At once airy and earthy, it provides a fine forum for its six cover stars..." —Biba Kopf, The Wire, July 1997
Item number PO-COMP-5; Magazine and CD $20.00
With Deep Listening Band:
Deep
Listening Band recorded live at Mills College 1996 - Music & Arts (CD1030
- 1998).
On September 16th, 1996, Deep Listening Band performed at Mills College in
a four hour and thirty-three minute marathon composed by Pauline and dedicated
to David Tudor. Other participants included the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio,
The Hub, and many guest artists. Excerpts from this performance include a
recreation of David Tudor's premier performance of John Cage's 4'33".
Includes Pauline Oliveros' Epigraphs in the Time of Aids with the Deep Listening Band and , Ellen Fullman's Long String Instrument. Recorded at the Candy Factory in Austin TX. - (Periplum P0010 1997). "Best of the year" 1997 Sarah Cahill, Berkeley Express - Berkeley CA (1995)
A tasty variety of free improvisations excerpted from recordings of Deep Listening Band rehearsals and of the Band in concert. Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and David Gamper are featured exploiting the sonoric and spatial palette of the Expanded Instrument System. Performers Julie Lyon Rose, Fritz Hauser, Urs Leimgruber, Ben Neill, Joe McPhee, Joe Giardullo, Ellen Fullman, Nigel Jacobs and Elise Gould appear as guest artists. A wonderful chronological acoustic essay of the Band's work over the last two years. (1995)
A truly inspiring collection of live performances by Deep Listening Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and David Gamper. Recorded entirely within the acoustically warm sanctuary of Trinity United Methodist Church, Kingston, New York, the Band is joined on several cuts by guest performers including Thomas Buckner, Julie Lyon Balliet, Joe McPhee, Margarit Shenker, Nego Gato, Carol Chappell, Jason Finkleman and Women Who Drum. (1995)
A stunning second release from the Deep Listening Band's foray into the Fort Warden Cistern in 1988. Band members are Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis. Guests include Thomasa Eckert, vocals, and William O. Smith, clarinet. John Cage wrote a mesostic called The Ready Made Boomerang in reaction to his first encounter with the Deep Listening CD. Consequently, the following appears in the liner notes to the Boomerang CD: "It is with continuing admiration and deep thanks that this recording is dedicated to John Cage for his loving inspiration and wholehearted support." (1991)
The Deep
Listening Band (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster,
Panaiotis) with guests Fritz
Hauser and Julie Lyon Balliette explore the sound properties of the Tarpaper
Cave in Rosendale, New York, in a special underground series of sessions which
followed a concert in the cave. Pieces include Quarry Query, Cannery Row,
After Dinner With The Trogs, among others. "Alongside awe, a common
thread that links this band of intrepid sound pioneers is that of respect -
for each other's musicals minds - and...for their environment...a respect for
the sacred aspect of space." Peter Blum (1990)
We just received some copies of this item. Please note that, while the CDs
themselves are new, we do not have the original barrel fold covers. The CDs
come unsealed, with a color cover and we will include a copy of the notes.
Item number DLB-C-2; Cassette tape $10.00
Deep Listening Band members Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis have captured the fantastic acoustics of the Fort Worden Cistern, a cavernous underground watertank which possesses an amazing 45 second reverberation time producing pure, smooth reverberation which overlaps the original sound. The recording employs composer Pauline Oliveros' accordion and voice; Dempster's trombone, voice, didjeridu, conch shell and garden hose; and composer/designer Panaiotis' voice, whistling, pipes and metal pieces. (1989)
"The sound is breathtaking: mysterious, pure, eerie wrap-around
sound that sometimes imitates a heavenly chorus and sometimes a distant jet
engine...a listening experience like no other." Melinda Bargreen,
The Seattle Times
The
Free-Reed Review
CASSETTES
Two meditations on transition and change, 1987. "Both pieces are intended to aid the listener in times of spiritual change, but are just fine for 'everyday' use as well. Highly recommended." Charles S. Russell, Ear Magazine
Accordionists Guy Klucevsek and Pauline Oliveros team up for a duo performance of each other's works: Tremolo No. 6 (Nucleic Chains) with two accordions by Klucevsek, The Tuning Medication with two accordions by Oliveros. (1986)
Deep Listening Band with Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis. (See description above).
Deep Listening Band with Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster and Panaiotis. (See description above).
(See description above.) Comes with 56 page book with detailed notes, rare photos and biographies relating to each performance.
On of six pieces composed for and in collaboration with Malcolm Goldstein, that have extended the image of violin sounding, each in their own way. Also includes the work of John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Philip Corner and James Tenney.
A two cassette set with accompanying Maritime Rites poster. Maritime Rites is a series of ten environmental concerts for radio in stereo composed by Alvin Curran and co-produced by Melissa Gould. This series features the eastern seaboard of the United States as a musical source in collaboration with improvised musical performances by ten distinguished artists in the American New Music scene today: John Cage, Joseph Celli, Clark Coolidge, John Gibson, Malcolm Goldstein, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Leo Smith and Alvin Curran. The program uses the natural sound as musical counterpoint to the soloists whose improvisations are freely structured by Curran in his own tape mixes. The essence of Maritime Rites is improvisation; as nature is spontaneous and unpredictable so is the music of man. The two forces are brought together by Curran in a rich and harmonious concerto for man and his environment. Maritime Rites includes maritime bells, foghorns, gongs, whistles, regional bird and animal life. Comments from lighthouse keepers, Coast Guard personnel and other local people are woven impressionistically throughout.
Title work performed by Oliveros and the 22-piece Springfield Accordion Orchestra; also contains "Horse Sings from Cloud" performed in ensemble. (1984) Rare and out of print!
Oliveros' solo works The Gentle and A Love Song are included on this hard-to-find two-record import recorded in a drained reservoir in Cologne, Germany. Fourteen other composer/artists are featured in performances. (1985)
Item number PO-R-2; Two 12" LP record set $35.00
Item number PO-R-3; LP record $20.00 OUT OF STOCK
Item number PO-R-4; LP record $20.00
A collaboration with Pauline Oliveros and David Tudor, the three compositions on this recording feature the bandoneon, a polyphonic, metal-reed instrument of the concertina family. Mesa, originally commissioned by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, is performed here by David Tudor, bandoneon, with Gordon Mumma, cybersonic console. Pontpoint utilizes the bandoneon and a bowed psaltery, a multi-stringed zither, the sounds of both instruments being modified with "cybersonic" procedures developed by the composer. Fwyyn, a bandoneon duo by Oliveros and Mumma, is the only work on the recording in which the natural acoustical sound of the instrument is heard. 1986 Lovely Music.
Award-winning erotic video ballet by Janis Mattox featuring dancers Marci Javril and Riccardo Morrison. The just intonation soundtrack features Good Sound Band members Loren Rush & Janis Mattox (enhanced pianos in just intonation), Sussan Deihim (vocals), Daniel Kobialka (violin), Stuart Dempster (garden hose & didjeridu), Pauline Oliveros (accordion in just intonation), Mel Graves (contrabass), and Tim White (saxophone & flutes). (25 minutes, 1992)
BOOKS
Deep
Listening: A Composers' Sound PracticeAn exciting guide to ways of listening and sounding. This book provides unique insights and perspectives for artists, students, teachers, meditators and anyone interested in how consciousness may be affected by profound attention to the sonic environment. Written by Pauline Oliveros.
Software
For People: Collected Writings 1963-1980This important volume includes articles on new music, women as composers, sonic meditation, attention and awareness, and technique. A "must have" for any contemporary arts library! (1984)
A vivid dream of passage narrated by experimental composer Oliveros and realized through photographs by Becky Cohen. Very limited quantity.
A work produced by Coco Gordon that stems from ecoROOM, Gordon's work for MedArt International's World Congress on Arts and Medicine in 1992. It is a collection of pieces by artists who are paying attention to reclaiming biodiversity, the integrity of seeds, the preservation of all species, and of keeping the major life systems of the earth healthy and in balance. Handbound, with poem-inscribed pencil, 30 contributed pages from artists, writers and musicians including Pauline Oliveros, Ione, Ed Sanders, Ray Johnson, Alison Knowles, RIP Haymen, Helene Aylon and Betty Beaumont.
SCORES
SMITH PUBLICATIONS
For Orchestra.
For Orchestra.
For Chorus.
25 meditations for musicians of all ages and skill levels, to help them learn how to focus on, listen to, and produce sound naturally. An important work in the development of Oliveros' Deep Listening. A "must" for any music library!
For two basses, their seconds, referee and tape.
For flute, clarinet, trumpet, horn, cello and piano.
For winds, brass and chorus.
For violin, cello and piano.
For four clarinets, bass drum with four players and solo chanter.
An intermedia piece for indeterminate numbers of performers.
Item number PO-S-12; Score $25.00
Item number PO-S-13; Score $25.00
Item number PO-S-16; Score $7.00
Item number PO-S-17; Score $7.00
DEEP LISTENING PUBLICATIONS
Unique score for each performer which encourages creative interaction with the material. For soloist or any ensemble. The score for each realization of Portraits is personalized. Important: when ordering, please include
The Date, Place and Time of birth of the performer.
His/her instrument and its full range (low and high).
For soloist and an imaginary partner or ensemble of up to 100.
For 3 percussionists and 3 dancers.
For any ensemble.
Fifteen pieces for audience participation.
Item number PO-S-14; Score $25.00
Item number PO-S-25; Score $25.00
Item number PO-S-26; Score $25.00
Item number PO-S-27; Score $50.00
Item number PO-S-28; Score $50.00
THE SCORES LISTED ABOVE ARE NOT PRESENTED IN TRADITIONAL NOTATION BUT ARE RECIPES OR MAPS TO GUIDE THE PERFORMER.
Also a contributor in SOURCE Magazine. Please refer to SOURCE heading (in Rare Collector's Items section) for details.
Known internationally as a composer, accordionist and teacher, Oliveros' work in improvisation, electronic techniques, teaching methods, myth and ritual, and meditative and physical consciousness raising has changed the course of American music. She left the University of California at San Diego in 1981, at the rank of full professor, in order to support her ideas, creative projects and collaborations. She directs the Deep Listening program for The Deep Listening Institute, Ltd All of her work emphasizes attentional strategies, musicianship and improvisational skills. Oliveros' compositions have been performed worldwide. In 1985, she was honored by a retrospective of her music at the J.F.K. Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Her written work was anthologized in 1984 in Software for People (Smith Publications), and her recorded work is available on numerous albums from various labels. Her recent commissions include Ghost Dance - in collaboration with Boston-based choreographer, Paula Josa Jones, and commissioned by Lincoln Center 1995; music for the Mabou Mines production of Lear; and Contenders for the Susan Marshall Dance Company (Bessie Award for the music from Dance Theater Workshop in 1991). She received an award in 1995 by the Foundation for Contemporary Performance, New York City in recognition of her work.
For more information on Pauline Oliveros, please refer to the Deep Listening Band section on our home page, or to her own home page
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