Another Song of Civilization, by Darrell DeVore

Another Song of Civilization

by Darrell DeVore

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“Another Song of Civilization” continues the excavation of rarely heard music by Darrell DeVore, creative force behind San Francisco’s Pygmy Unit and foundational figure in the psychedelic underground. Drawn from an enormous repository of recordings made between the 1970s and the 1990s at Studio UM (or Universal Music), volume two offers more imaginary ethnoscapes and multitracked polyrhythms, this time supplemented with extended synthesizer atmospheres, off-kilter jazz configurations, and a slow-burning experiment in piano and horn.

Loose correlations might be made with so-called Fourth World music, insofar as DeVore fleshes out musical vocabularies belonging to cultures as-yet unknown. But he also sought a more fundamental “sound magic” that could exist beyond the human world entirely, evinced in instruments that, by way of wind or water, play themselves. His heavier interest in acoustics brings to this idiom something woozier, more spontaneous, and utterly unfamiliar.

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1.	Bamboo Sound Magic (Experimental Musical Instruments Vol. 3, 1988) 03:22	buy track
2.	Title Unknown (Grok & Roll, 1992) 03:42	buy track
3.	Title Unknown (Album Unknown, nd) 05:37	buy track
4.	Sound Magic - Music Grows (Sound Magic, 1992) 00:44	buy track
5.	Music for Electronic Keyboards (Live at Open Space, c. 1980, with John Celona) 07:39	buy track
6.	The Hummingbird (Live at Open Space, c. 1980) 01:35	buy track
7.	I'm Goin' Down the River Again (Compositions by DeVore, nd) 06:11	buy track
8.	Untitled (Shards of Crystal, nd, with Sally Davis and Krishna Bhatt) 02:27	buy track
9.	Title Unknown (Live at Open Space, 1980) 06:43	buy track
10.	Molimo (Live at Open Space, 1980, with John Celona) 13:08	buy track
11.	Title Unknown (Album Unknown, nd) 05:19	buy track
12.	The Find Couple (Dr. UM's Practice, 2001) 01:30	buy track

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“Another Song of Civilization” continues the excavation of rarely heard music by Darrell DeVore, creative force behind San Francisco’s Pygmy Unit and foundational figure in the psychedelic underground. Drawn from an enormous repository of recordings made between the 1970s and the 1990s at Studio UM (or Universal Music), volume two offers more imaginary ethnoscapes and multitracked polyrhythms, this time supplemented with extended synthesizer atmospheres, off-kilter jazz configurations, and a slow-burning experiment in piano and horn.

Loose correlations might be made with so-called Fourth World music, insofar as DeVore fleshes out musical vocabularies belonging to cultures as-yet unknown. But he also sought a more fundamental “sound magic” that could exist beyond the human world entirely, evinced in instruments that, by way of wind or water, play themselves. His heavier interest in acoustics brings to this idiom something woozier, more spontaneous, and utterly unfamiliar.

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released February 20, 2024

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