John Oswald (composer)

John Anthony Oswald (* May 30, 1953 in Kitchener (Ontario) ) is a Canadian improviser ( alto saxophonist, samples) and composer. His plunderphonics, plundered sounds from other musical pieces that were alienated neumontiert as sound collage, have made him internationally known.

Life and work

Oswald studied at Simon Fraser University with R. Murray Schafer and Barry Truax, before he continued his studies in Toronto with David Rosenboom, Casey Sokol, Richard Teitelbaum and James Tenney at York University. Oswald worked as a saxophonist with Marvin Green in the group Pitch, which gave concerts in the absolute darkness, and from 1977 was a member of the Glass Orchestra (which only played instruments made ​​of glass ). From 1977 he took with Henry Kaiser on the albums Ice Death (1977) and Improvised (1978); shortly followed by a duo album with Toshinori Kondo and a solo album ( Alto Saxophone, 1981). He also took up with Alfred Harth and led the improvisation ensemble pool, which existed until 1988. Since 1994 he is a member of the Toronto improvisation ensemble CCMC. He also worked with Paul Haines ( Darn It), the Kronos Quartet ( Short Stories, 1993) and Derek Bailey (backing tracks, 1998) together.

He also composed ballets for different choreographers (eg Denise Fujiwara and James Kudelka ). In 1980, Oswald the Mystery Tapes Laboratory, which produced music and sound collages and sales, where neither the sources of the sounds were given further explanations were given. In 1987, his EP plunderphonics, the newly combined by means of which he developed micro -sampling material from Count Basie, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and Le sacre du printemps. On the same CD that followed, also recombined pieces of the Beatles, of Glen Gould ( Goldberg Variations ), Michael Jackson, Anton Webern, Liszt and other authors were included; all sources used for the collage were specified. The album had to be abandoned in 1990 after a complaint by the Canadian Recording Association for copyright infringement from the sales. 1991 mandated the label Elektra Oswald to plunder its catalog; In 1991, the resulting album Rubáiyát plunderphonics on the market. With the piece of Dark Star Grateful Dead, the album produced by him Grayfolded continued: Transitive Axis apart thoroughly after previously Nine Examples of plunderphonic Technics had introduced the procedure Oswald detail.

Works

  • Aparanthesi A ( 2000-03 )
  • Aparanthesi B ( 2000-03 )
  • Bell Speeds (1983, 90)
  • Blur ( Bolton Chili Overdire ); 1 moment 2 Wow, 3 Nest
  • Burrows ( 1974-75 )
  • Compact ( R.E.M.T.V. Hammer Camp ); 1 phase, 2 Snap
  • Cyfer ( Depeche Mould)
  • From Burrows: silence to say (1974 )
  • Grayfolded (1995)
  • Homonymy (1998), flute, clarinet hautbois, bassoon, cor trombone, percussions, violin, cello, contrebasse et bande vidéo
  • Mad Mod ( Bella Fonte Jello )
  • Manifold ( Bing Sting Spreen ); 1 Philosophy, 2 phase
  • Massive ( Ozzie Osmond ); Hazzard 1, 2 Warning, Treacherous 3
  • Ohmigone (2001)
  • Open ( Bo No Ma ); Suck 1, 2 Rip
  • Ridge ( 2001)
  • Skindling Shades ( 1987)
  • Temperature ( Beastie Shop Beach ); 1 Tempus Amoré (Hyper Love Time), 2 pace Pact
  • Urge ( Marianne Faith No Morrisey ); Slow 1, 2 Slice, 3 flashes
  • Velocity ( Aretha Vanilli ); Tremendous 1, 2 Tremulous
  • Worse (Anthrax Squeeze Factory)
  • Zoom ( Sinead O'Connick Jr ); Alone 1, 2 Gogh

Lexical entries

  • The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
  • Todd S. Jenkins: Free Jazz and Free Improvisation. An Encyclopedia. Vol 2 Westport ( CT), London: Greenwood Press 2004; ISBN 0-313-33314-9
Henry Kaiser (musician) Alfred 23 Harth Paul Haines (poet) Derek Bailey (guitarist) Elektra Records Integrated Authority File
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