Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden

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Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden
Studio album by Alvin Curran
Released	1975
Label	Catalyst

Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden (1975/Catalyst 09026-61823-2 1993) is an album "performed, synthesized, recorded, and mixed by Alvin Curran." Liner notes by Tim Page and Alvin Curran.

• "This lush musical landscape, Alvin Curran's first multi-media solo work, intertwines singing and synthesizer, drones and overtones, bells, gamelans, and sounds of nature--a unique tapestry of sound that eloquently introduces a fanciful and original American composer." From the album back.

Curran says that he was encouraged by then recent solo works by Terry Riley, Lamonte Young, Charlemagne Palestine, and Simone Forti.

[edit] Track listing

1. From a Room on the Plaza - Wind, high-tension wires, swallows, percussion, "molimo"
2. Crystal Aires - Voice, ring modulator, glass chimes, water glugger, bees
3. Walked the Way Home - Jew's harp, synthesizer, flugelhorn, dogs
4. Gli Scariolanti - Italian folksong sung by Margherita Berietti
5. On My Satin Harp - VCS3 synthesizer, kalimba, sounds of the sea
6. At Harmony Ranch - Whirling plastic tubes, peepers (frogs), "Guido" the dog