Tony Conrad's Essential 200 Hour Masterwork Is Now Online
Discover the genius of Tony Conrad.
Last year, the world lost a true visionary when American musician, video artist and theorist Tony Conrad passed away. His work, which began in the ’60s and stretched to the present, buzzed with energy, intelligence and an uncompromising attitude.
One of his most influential but least listened to works is Music and the Mind of the World, a marathon 200-hour avant-garde masterpiece of assembled piano performances that Conrad recorded over 6 years between 1976 and 1982. Finally, this essential gem of minimalism has been made available in its entirety for your listening pleasure, including a site dedicated to archiving the place and time of every recital included in the body of the work. Jump into this work of true genius below.
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(Via Open Culture)