What we wrote at the time…
One of the most vital composers in the US, Pauline Oliveros has exerted a huge, gravitational pull on many aspects of avant-thought; her work as composer and performer continues to focus on unlatching her own and others’ sensibilities to the many facets of sound. Since the 1960’s she has had a profound influence on generations of musicians through her work with myth and ritual, improvisation and meditation.
Her early and brilliantly <<out>> experiments with supersonic frequencies, combination tones and tape delay systems established new worlds of electronic sound, teeming with fresh ideas that would shame many of the digital experiments being presented today.