CARL STONE

Resonator

Carl Stone and Nagaya Kazuya.

Carl Stone. 1. Sapp (56:07).

Nnagaya Kazuya. 1. Minus Zero Degree Centigrade (4:06). 2. Midnight Eclipse of the Sun (25:14). 3. Abyssinia (11:49).

Kamiya Bar

Commissioned by Tokyo-FM, Kamiya Bar is based on the sounds of urban Tokyo. Tokyo is a city of intense media bombardment which is reflected strongly in the soundscape, a virtual "empire of sounds" - from sweet-potato peddlers, street musicians and right-wing activists to favorite TV actors and elevator girls. Premiered to critical acclaim in 1992, this is the first release of the complete, updated version. Disc is on the New Tone label. (Italian import)

Monogatari: Amino Argot

In 1994, Carl Stone and Otomo Yoshihide began a mail collaboration where master tapes were passed back and forth serially and in which the materials of each other's compositions served as the basis for their own. The result is Monogatari: Amino Argot,, released on the Trigram label. Yoshihide is a composer, turntable artist, guitarist and one of the most adventurous of sound creators within the Tokyo music scene today. His musical agility, individuality, and breadth of work has brought him international acclaim. (Japanese import)

Four Pieces

Four long, detailed, minimalist electronic pieces, cascading, repetitive, yet continually changing works. An inventive investigation of sampled sound, the CD includes Wall Me Do, Sonali, Hop Ken and Shing Kee.

Item number SC-CD-1; Compact disc $16.00

HI-KA-LI - wind reflections

Explorations into the mythic origins of the sound of the yokobue, the family of transverse bamboo flutes, by yokobue master, Michiko Akao. Five commissions (and premiers) of Akao's music from 1982 to 1991 with Akao on flutes, Nachiko Maekane, percussion, Carl Stone, electronics, and Kodo on Japanese drums. (Japanese import)

Item number AM-CD-2 Compact disc $18.50

She Said, She Said on Hyper Beatles

Arranged by Carl Stone, Pianist Aki Takahashi takes on other Beatles songs arranged by John Cage, Alvin Curran, Peter Garland, Kentaro Haneda, Akira Onoue, Yoriaki Matsudaira, Haruna Miyake, Barbara Monk-Feldman, Raphael Mostel and Frederic Rzewski. (Hard to find Japanese import)

Carl Stone

Carl Stone was hailed by the Village Voice as "one of the best composers working in the country today." He was born in Los Angeles and now lives in San Francisco. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and the Near East. His most recent tour in Japan included concert, radio and television appearances. Numerous choreographers, including Ping Chong, Blondell Cummings, Bill T. Jones & Hae Kyung Lee, have used his music. Other collaborations include those with Yuji Takahashi, Setsuko Yamada, Dazue Sawai, Aki Takahashi, Rudy Perez, Sterlarc, Yoshihide Otomo, Z'ev, and Bruce & Norman Yonemoto. Recordings of Carl Stone's music appear on many labels, including New Albion, CBS Sony, Toshiba-EMI, EAM Discs, the New Tone label and others. Stone has received many prestigious awards, commissions and grants for his work.

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