La Monte Young - The Tortoise, His Dream and Journeys (1964)

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  • @yvesklein5414
    @yvesklein5414 Рік тому +31

    if you chant Om along with this, either in unison or in intervals, you experience the vibration both within and from the external music. It's extraordinary and refreshing to do for 15 minutes! It's my new wake-up chant. really revives me.

  • @aakk2176
    @aakk2176 3 роки тому +56

    The Velvet Underground Documentary (15th October 2021) brought me here. What a revelation! My musical consciousness keeps on expanding after all those years thanks to the ground breaking aspirations and sounds from all the unsung artists and musicians from around the world. Amazing!! Thanks.

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому +3

      That’s a nice way of getting here. Thanks for listening and looking.

    • @viveksharma8916
      @viveksharma8916 3 роки тому

      @ Aa Kk - Where can I watch this documentary.?

    • @Esteban-kv6qc
      @Esteban-kv6qc 3 роки тому

      @@viveksharma8916 in Apple TV (spain)

    • @AhmadSafty96
      @AhmadSafty96 2 роки тому +1

      that movie was my way to discover La Monte Young too

    • @astronette63
      @astronette63 Рік тому

      Hear hear!

  • @athanasiosdalakouras6148
    @athanasiosdalakouras6148 11 місяців тому +11

    damn, this drone is 60 years old and sounds so fresh even today

  • @ProfRonanMC
    @ProfRonanMC 4 місяці тому +8

    Wonderful quote from Terry Riley; “What becomes apparent on listening to an amplified well-tuned drone that La Monte has sculpted is a molecular world of sounds whose workings are ordinarily covered up by fancy rhythmic and melodic footwork. As the listener allows himself or herself to be drawn deeper into the sound, he or she becomes more and more astounded at all the elements that are functioning naturally without the aid of normal manipulation or musical performance... We enter with him here into the world of the sonic microcosm, where an interval becomes a landscape, each detail illuminated.”

  • @davidpetersonharvey
    @davidpetersonharvey 3 роки тому +52

    What a treasure! I never heard of La Monte Young in music school. I'm doing experimental electronic music now and I can see the evolution. What a great sound!

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому +8

      Glad you found it. What would life be without knowing the music of La Monte Young?

    • @Wtahc
      @Wtahc 2 роки тому

      WTF ?? ITS JUST DRONING

    • @davidpetersonharvey
      @davidpetersonharvey 2 роки тому +1

      @@cuvieradaptations awesome!

    • @davidpetersonharvey
      @davidpetersonharvey 2 роки тому +6

      @@Wtahc whatever floats your boat, man. I have a degree in music and have been a musician 44 years. I'm not really into what you think of my personal choices. Peace.

    • @Wtahc
      @Wtahc 2 роки тому

      @@davidpetersonharvey RFOL ahahahhahah u actually typed that

  • @adderal2147
    @adderal2147 4 місяці тому +2

    I was producing some music the other day and at a certain point I created a drone similar to this... I thought I was creating something original but today I found out about this masterpiece. Definitely I need a deep dive into La Monte Young's and TOEM compositions, what a great man he was!

  • @hankchinaski3713
    @hankchinaski3713 2 роки тому +5

    So glad this reappeared on UA-cam 😊😊😊

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  2 роки тому +1

      Glad you noticed it’s reapperance.

    • @hankchinaski3713
      @hankchinaski3713 2 роки тому

      Yes, I listened to it regularly, then one day it was gone. And it’s not available anywhere. Great recording.

  • @ruxiwang9571
    @ruxiwang9571 4 роки тому +42

    I mean there was a truck passing by and the sound of the engine perfectly melted into the music. 'good evolution', I thought.

    • @santiagol8604
      @santiagol8604 Рік тому

      Monkey

    • @yibonvil
      @yibonvil 7 місяців тому

      I have a loud heavy fan in the background, while listening to this it mixed together and sounded better as it did so.

    • @adderal2147
      @adderal2147 4 місяці тому +1

      Something similar happened to me I was listening to "Miss Fortune" by Faust the other day and at a certain point I could not recognize if the noise of workers outside my house was part of the song or not 😂

  • @laurenceburris6361
    @laurenceburris6361 Рік тому +9

    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.
    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.
    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.
    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.
    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.
    I was a child once and listened to a tortoise tell me his dreams.

  • @simpleuser0001
    @simpleuser0001 4 роки тому +37

    Drone is my new favorite form of music.

    • @billscheissmann7842
      @billscheissmann7842 3 роки тому +7

      Why can't Justin Bieber do something like this?

    • @Somewhere_Bagel
      @Somewhere_Bagel 3 роки тому +2

      @@billscheissmann7842 well i would also like to hear his music. Just after listening to this masterpiece

    • @synthmaven
      @synthmaven Місяць тому

      @@billscheissmann7842 Who cares what Bieber does.. just let him testify about Puffy D.

  • @brunocardin4935
    @brunocardin4935 3 роки тому +3

    This really helped me battle my insomnia

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @robertwilkinson2232
    @robertwilkinson2232 3 роки тому +9

    This becomes very addictive!!!.

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 4 роки тому +12

    Cette musique se déplie comme un livre d'images plein d'étoiles, où viennent filer les oiseaux, tourner les farandoles, claquer les crécelles et danser les sorciers 👀

    • @mikebott6940
      @mikebott6940 3 роки тому +4

      Pour moi c'est le vibration d'un carillon qui s'éternise

  • @alexdea-heavenlychimes
    @alexdea-heavenlychimes 2 місяці тому +1

    La Monte's drone work has many aspect. In a few days, he will sing live in New York.
    La Monte Young 89th Birthday Celebration
    Raga Darbari
    “Hazrat Turkaman” ektal (12 beats) vilampit

    The Just Alap Raga Ensemble
    La Monte Young • voice
    Jung Hee Choi • voice
    Jon Catler • electric just intonation guitar
    Hansford Rowe • electric fretless bass
    Naren Budhkar • tabla
    The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
    in a setting of
    Imagic Light, Marian Zazeela
    Environmental Composition 2017 #1 v. 2, Jung Hee Choi
    Thursday, October 17 and Saturday, October 19, 2024, 7:30 pm
    MELA Foundation Dream House
    275 Church Street, 3rd Floor, New York

  • @crombi3
    @crombi3 Рік тому

    Remarkable - pure beauty

  • @laurentbvs5159
    @laurentbvs5159 6 років тому +9

    Surprised hearing Labeque Sisters playing such a modern music ! Beautiful ! Thanks a lot for this discover !

    • @eai554
      @eai554 Рік тому +1

      Let’s just say that I am skeptical regarding the listing of musicians and instruments here. Interesting experience, though

    • @IndyRecords-Thor
      @IndyRecords-Thor Місяць тому

      @@eai554 I suspect the guitar is electric or electric bass guitar

  • @Therealav
    @Therealav 3 роки тому +2

    Well im from New England, and I came looking for you

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому

      There’s nothing wrong with that. As long as you don’t put me on a pedestal.

  • @jorgeeduardoarguello9528
    @jorgeeduardoarguello9528 4 роки тому +2

    Excellent deep

  • @shellyspiano
    @shellyspiano 4 роки тому +11

    LOVE it - so much to LSITEN to (and so many people don't know how to listen)... Should be fascinated to know how it was done - looking at line up (and no sign of "electronics")

    • @shellyspiano
      @shellyspiano 4 роки тому

      @corc1130 The Labeque sisters are pianists.... so - who knows. Just listen and absorb.

    • @jaroslavryzek7728
      @jaroslavryzek7728 3 роки тому

      google it (keyword: analysis)

    • @shellyspiano
      @shellyspiano 3 роки тому

      @@jaroslavryzek7728 Thanks! Shall have a go....

    • @MrLanceDaily
      @MrLanceDaily 3 роки тому

      You can rosin up fishing line and use it to “bow” piano strings for sustained notes. Maybe that’s how?

    • @shellyspiano
      @shellyspiano 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrLanceDaily Sounds interesting. Not sure I'll put my piano through that though. He has amazing resonance without needing to abuse his strings....hehehe

  • @stevencere
    @stevencere 2 роки тому +2

    Also it is very interesting hearing the slight alterations in the high pitch note. Reminds me of an overtone performance

  • @thetravisgreene
    @thetravisgreene 3 роки тому

    life-changing.

  • @infinitefretboard
    @infinitefretboard 5 років тому +13

    Suddenly, all my chakras are unblocked.

  • @Somewhere_Bagel
    @Somewhere_Bagel 3 роки тому +1

    What an experience

  • @kley7043
    @kley7043 3 роки тому +9

    I Would love to find a physical release of this track; alas both Dream House comps seem to be without this gem. Anyone have other ideas?

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому +1

      At this moment (march 2021) the complete show incl this track can still be found on dimeadozen.org. You can make your own hardcopy.

  • @SGS2003
    @SGS2003 Рік тому +3

    While it's good to hear that people are performing Young's music - this sounds nothing like the Theater of Eternal music's rendering. This sounds more like David Jackman / Organum.

    • @picasorpoints
      @picasorpoints 9 місяців тому

      There was an extraordinary freedom to the choices performers could make. I've never seen a score for this piece or comments by Young or Marian Zazeela about what kinds of restrictions might be imposed. I'm very curious now.

  • @hankchinaski3713
    @hankchinaski3713 2 роки тому

    Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

  • @rogerantonybennett5272
    @rogerantonybennett5272 3 роки тому +1

    Graphics & drone are great.... I'm not too sure about the credits & some of the comments.

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому +2

      The credits given are for the complete Minimalist Dreamhouse show from which this composition was ‘taken’. Who exactly plays (and not plays) from the musicians mentioned in the credits is unsure.

    • @rogerantonybennett5272
      @rogerantonybennett5272 3 роки тому

      @@notlookingfornewengland - This is a fine match of sound performance & well-chosen well-improvised(?) visuals - well put-together. The visuals are similar to another NLFNE video probably music by Morton Feldman (Morty's Sonic Realm perhaps!). Keep up the good work.

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому +1

      @@rogerantonybennett5272 I wish i could remember how i made this. It probably involved throwing a dice very often and moving film around accordingly. But i forgot. Which is probably better. If i remembered i would never make a new visual.

    • @rogerantonybennett5272
      @rogerantonybennett5272 3 роки тому

      @@notlookingfornewengland - LaMonte Young's Tortoise in this performance is much better than the Feldman Piano/Organ escapade which I've just heard on your most recent video where the visuals are beginning/continuing to gain ground - COFFEE COLOURED GROUND !

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому

      @@rogerantonybennett5272 you’re right about that. I only made the Feldman Last Pieces ‘thing’ so i could use the lockdownperiod video’s and remember this strange period in my life.

  • @JoshSmith-uc4vx
    @JoshSmith-uc4vx 2 роки тому +1

    Not looking for new England myself, but who did the artwork for the clip?

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  2 роки тому

      All artwork on this/my channel is made by myself.

    • @JoshSmith-uc4vx
      @JoshSmith-uc4vx 2 роки тому +1

      @@notlookingfornewengland I enjoy it very much. It compliments the music very well in my opinion.

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  2 роки тому +1

      @@JoshSmith-uc4vx glad you like the artwork and thanks for mentioning that.

  • @TomorrowSalad
    @TomorrowSalad 3 роки тому +1

    I didn’t hear any of the instruments credited

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  3 роки тому

      The instruments credited were given with the soundfile i used. But i don’t hear them myself.

  • @leegraham6620
    @leegraham6620 3 роки тому +9

    Not my cup of tea I’m afraid🙁 I was curious to hear it. ‘Yoko Ono had appointed composer La Mont Young as musical director of the concerts she hosted in her New York Loft- Young was strongly influenced by Japanese Gagaku’. Apparently, she had been involved in music long before the Beatles 🧐

    • @P-10.00
      @P-10.00 Рік тому

      Yoko was always more invested in the avant-garde side of music than the Beatles :)

    • @josephsauris4949
      @josephsauris4949 Рік тому

      She played Carnegie Recital Hall (not the orchestral hall) on 11/24/61.

  • @vladimirlenin9439
    @vladimirlenin9439 2 роки тому +2

    Can someone please tell me the structure of this piece, the timbre (instruments,thick,thin) and the dynamics such as volume loudness and quiteness

  • @p.livianos6622
    @p.livianos6622 Рік тому

    From which album is this track taken from? Thanks

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  Рік тому +1

      It comes from a radiobroadcast and has, as far as i know, never been released on a album. You might still find the broadcast at dimeadozen dot org.

    • @p.livianos6622
      @p.livianos6622 Рік тому

      Thank you!!@@notlookingfornewengland

  • @matiasalvarezfranks6935
    @matiasalvarezfranks6935 2 роки тому

    You also uploaded another video with a piece by Young, but it's unavailable now. What is the name of the piece? I've been looking for months and just can't find it anywhere.

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  2 роки тому

      One was removed by YT as there was a copyright claim by the gallery which represents La Monte Young. I had 2 other LMY videos and i made them ‘invisible’ as i don’t want my channel removed. I think you can see this one because you made an earlier remark.

    • @matiasalvarezfranks6935
      @matiasalvarezfranks6935 2 роки тому

      @@notlookingfornewengland Right, I can only see that there is an unavailable video. That's a shame, I really enjoy listening to Young's pieces and this is the only way I can do it for now. Could you please tell me the name of the other pieces you had uploaded?

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  2 роки тому

      @@matiasalvarezfranks6935 there was a ‘for brass’ (which is in another form on YT). I forgot the title of the removed one. You can find some interesting LMY on UbuWeb (look under sounds and then for LMY), plus there is an awfull lot of other interesting music there.

    • @matiasalvarezfranks6935
      @matiasalvarezfranks6935 2 роки тому

      @@notlookingfornewengland Thank you!

  • @zed_ployd
    @zed_ployd 10 місяців тому

    how did you make the visuals?

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  10 місяців тому +1

      If i remember it correctly it went something like this. I used 6 “films”, each of about 10 sec. All were filmed in an empty room of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. I made x number of films using the 6 films in a random sequence that lasted the whole of LMY’s composition. I then cut vertical segments out of the films and joined all these together. The colour is an unplanned accident, the original films were gray. Don’t know how that happened but i decided not the change it.

  • @stevencere
    @stevencere 2 роки тому

    I thought the start sounded like the beginning held out drone note in Tally Hall’a “Ruler of Everything”

  • @bceiman1
    @bceiman1 8 місяців тому

    Who did the visuals?

  • @roycelestino587
    @roycelestino587 2 роки тому

    Flag of butterfly

  • @luismonteiro8469
    @luismonteiro8469 Рік тому +1

    Tão pobre! Tão pifio! É bom para autómatos, emoção, zero!

    • @notlookingfornewengland
      @notlookingfornewengland  Рік тому +2

      O facto de não haver emoção na música parece-me contradizer a sua reacção.

  • @ugursakarya5837
    @ugursakarya5837 3 роки тому

    sound is not enough!

  • @williamhealy807
    @williamhealy807 3 місяці тому

    Is it actually rue that he ordered the musicians to fart, at gunpoint, like at 10:54, 11:10, and 11:25?