"Laurie Anderson is the most convincing artist from New York's artistic bohemia to land a record deal since Patti Smith signed with Arista six years ago. Big Science, Anderson's ghostly sound collage of a debut album, conveys ... her astonishing intensity." Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone (June 10, 1982) On July 17, 2007, Nonesuch Records released...
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Laurie Anderson: Big Science CLR version on vinyl LP in Remastered colored edition. This particular edition was published in Europe and USA in publishing company Nonesuch on 30. April 2021.
"Laurie Anderson is the most convincing artist from New York's artistic bohemia to land a record deal since Patti Smith signed with Arista six years ago. Big Science, Anderson's ghostly sound collage of a debut album, conveys ... her astonishing intensity." Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone (June 10, 1982) On July 17, 2007, Nonesuch Records released a remastered edition of Laurie Anderson's debut album Big Science for its 25th anniversary. This newly expanded and enhanced edition of the album includes cover notes written by Anderson, the classic video for the surprise 1981 hit single "O Superman," and the original B-side of "Walk the Dog." By the early '80s, Anderson was already respected as a conceptual artist and composer who could use high-end and homemade equipment in her often violin-based compositions, and she was a well-known figure in the intersecting music-visual-performance-art circles of Lower Manhattan that also spawned Philip Glass and David Byrne. While working on her now-legendary seven-hour art and theater performance United States, Part I - IV, which premiered over two nights at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in 1983, she cut the spare "O Superman (For Massenet)," an electronically updated aria "O Souverain" by 19th-century French opera composer Jules Massenet, for the small New York independent label 110 Records. In the U.K., DJ John Peel picked up a copy of this limited edition 33⅓ RPM 7" and spun the more than eight-minute track on BBC Radio 1. The result of this unveiling was an unlikely number two hit, plenty of attention in the U.S. press, and a worldwide deal with Warner Bros. Records. At the time of the original release, NME wrote of Big Science: "Her songs have a dreamy, subconscious quality that helps them to appeal to deeper, secret levels of the psyche." With instrumentation ranging from tape loops to found sounds to bag whistles, Big Science anticipated the technically advanced beats, arbitrary instruments, and sampling of most contemporary electronic and dance music. In these songs, most of which were taken from the United States, Anderson was able to express the social and political anxiety she perceived in American society, as well as the longing for security and emotional connection. The themes of Big Science songs include images of planes falling from the sky ("From the Air"), the comforting yet sinister embrace of technology ("O Superman"), and the inability of men and women to speak the same language ("The It Tango").
Album spans genres Rock, Pop, Electronic, Art Rock, Experimental and New Age. Coloured Red Opaque Vinyl.
Track list
A1
From The Air
4:33 min
Alto Saxophone Bill Obrecht | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone Peter Gordon | Drums David Van Tieghem | Pedalboard [Farfisa Bass] Roma Baran | Vocals, Vocoder, Organ [Farfisa] Laurie Anderson
A2
Big Science
6:12 min
Glass Harmonica Roma Baran | Percussion [Bottles] Perry Hoberman | Percussion [Sticks] Laurie Anderson, Perry Hoberman, Roma Baran | Rototoms, Timpani [Tympani] David Van Tieghem | Vocals, Synthesizer [OBXa], Percussion, Electronics Laurie Anderson
A3
Sweaters
2:24 min
Bagpipes Rufus Harley | Drums David Van Tieghem | Vocals, Violin [Violins] Laurie Anderson
A4
Walking & Falling
2:13 min
Vocals, Electronics Laurie Anderson
A5
Born, Never Asked
4:57 min
Handclaps Laurie Anderson, Perry Hoberman, Roma Baran | Marimba David Van Tieghem | Vocals, Violin [Violins], Keyboards Laurie Anderson
B1
O Superman (For Massenet)
8:25 min
Flute, Saxophone Perry Hoberman | Mastered By Bill Kipper, Bob Ludwig | Organ [Farfisa], Keyboards [Casio], Engineer Roma Baran | Vocals, Vocoder, Electronics Laurie Anderson
B2
Example #22
3:00 min
Accordion Roma Baran | Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone Chuck Fisher | Backing Vocals Leanne Ungar | Clarinet [B♭ & E♭], Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Saxophone Richard Cohen | Flute, Piccolo Flute, Backing Vocals Perry Hoberman | Percussion, Drums David Van Tieghem | Vocals, Violin, Organ [Farfisa] Laurie Anderson | Whistling Laurie Anderson, Roma Baran
Laurie Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director known for her multimedia presentations and innovative use of technology in art. Born on June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, she emerged as a prominent figure in the New York City experimenta...
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