KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode
KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode is the debut album by the pianist Lubomyr Melnyk. It was originally released in 1978 and then re-released by Unseen Worlds in 2007. It is the first recorded example of continuous music.[1]
Critical Reception
In the late 1980s The Village Voice named KMH as one of the "10 albums you can't live without".[2]
In his review of the 2007 re-release, Stephen Eddins (Allmusic) praised Melnyk's performance, saying that it "boggles the imagination" and that it would appeal to "fans of minimalism and maverick experimentalism with an immensely attractive sound."[3] Mike Powell (Pitchfork) described the music as "minimalism at its most lush, ornate, and taxing" and compared it to works by La Monte Young and Erik Satie.[4]
| KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode | ||||
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 Original LP cover art | ||||
| Studio album by Lubomyr Melnyk | ||||
| Released | 1978, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Classical music, Minimalist music, Avant-Garde music | |||
| Length | 50:10 | |||
| Label | Music Gallery Editions, Bandura Records, Unseen Worlds | |||
| Lubomyr Melnyk chronology | ||||
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| Re-release Cover | ||||
 Cover art for the 2007 Unseen Worlds re-release |
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [3] |
| Pitchfork | (7.8/10)[4] |
Track listing
All music composed by Lubomyr Melnyk.
| LP track listing | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "KMH" | 24:50 | ||||||||
| 2. | "KMH" | 25:50 | ||||||||
Total length: |
50:10 | |||||||||
| CD track listing | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "KMH Pt. 1" | 11:45 | ||||||||
| 2. | "KMH Pt. 2" | 9:03 | ||||||||
| 3. | "KMH Pt. 3" | 10:29 | ||||||||
| 4. | "KMH Pt. 4" | 11:05 | ||||||||
| 5. | "KMH Pt. 5" | 7:52 | ||||||||
Total length: |
50:10 | |||||||||
References
- ↑ https://www.continuouspiano.com/products/kmh-piano-music-in-the-continuous-mode. Retrieved 22 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/37286/biography/. Retrieved 22 January 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eddins, Stephen. "Allmusic review". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Powell, Mike. "Pitchfork review". Retrieved 22 January 2015.