PAULINE OLIVEROS

& REYNOLS

DISCOGRAPHY

REVIEWS

PHOTOS

LINKS

DISCOGRAPHY:

* PAULINE OLIVEROS IN THE ARMS OF REYNOLS (1999) Limited 1st Edition (Numbered & Spraypainted). CD + Tape + Bag of Sand. Whi21. White Tapes. USA. (SOLD OUT)

* PAULINE OLIVEROS IN THE ARMS OF REYNOLS (2000) CD. CREAM GARDENS/JDK (Netherlands). CG-04. Remastered 2nd edition with bonus track. www.jdkproductions.com

* PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS "The Minecxio Connection Live! at Rosendale Cafe" (2003) LP. ROARATORIO. (USA)

www.roaratorio.com

upcoming:

*PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS "Half a Dove in New York, Half a Dove in Buenos Aires" CD. SMALLTOWNSUPERSOUD (Norway)

www.smalltownsupersound.com

REVIEWS:

"Throughout the album Oliveros's music is viewed afresh, but Reynols are consistently careful to retain as much of its sonorous essence as possible. It's undoubtedly a more fitting and responsive remix project than some other recent attemps to refashion the great icons of minimalism music. For all their initial oddness, Reynols have fashioned something sensitive and luminous." Brian Duguid/ THE WIRE(UK) february 2000

"Awesome, intense, frightening noise (...)For many years now Pauline Oliveros has been a proponent of her Deep Listening music, playing her accordion and joining forces with her magic band who sometimes play inside secret caverns, drinking in the mysterious echoes and resonances from the depths of the earth. On this CD, the Oliveros presence is palpably evident, and not only in the lovely (heavily trated) sound of the wheezing accordion which she plays, but also in the natural, breathing rhytms which are allowed to shape each track. The punky chaos of Reynols comes with the anarchic noise, the 'heavy processing composition' method, the use of wild electric guitars, and the unusual absurdist track titiles. In an extended playful strategy of deferral, they state 'We are still thinking about the title', until they end up reversing the trick after six attemps, and conclude that 'The title is now thinking about us'. this reminds me of the Red King in Alice, who would make us all vanish if he woke up and stopped dreaming about us. Also there is another philosophical lesson from Miguel Tomasin, whose voice is overdubbed into overlapping whirpools of concrete poetry, with fascinating internal rhytms. This is not another sonic attack or death-by-noise release -and there are still plenty of that things arround. On the contrary, this sumptuous noise is assembled with great care, employing layers, overdubs and distortion to maximise its effect, not deaden it (as so often happens when that kind of overkill is used carelessy). It is also a positive, life-affirming noise, one which inspires the listener to go forth and accomplish great things -which makes is thousend times more terrifying than any death-metal noise blaster LP could ever be. You too will run like the wind and fly to the arms of Reynols, and find your life is immesurably enriched by the experience. Ed Pinsent/ THE SOUND PROJECTOR (UK) issue 10/may 2002.

"This is a most curious release! A CD of remixes of Pauline Oliveros made by a band from Argentina named Reynols. Nowadays everybody gets a remix, so why not deep dronist Oliveros? The six pieces dwell to a great extent on the drone sounds of Oliveros. Beautiful, haunting drone music. Very nicely made remix/hommages". Frans de Waard / VITAL WEEKLY 187 (Netherlands).

"Within the Reynolsian post-rational pantheon, Pauline Oliveros holds the unique position of being the band's astral godmother. Oliveros has been in close contact with the Argentinian avant rockers since 1994 and only recently has their collaboration been documented, first as a super limited tape release, and now as this cd which is somewhat of a reworked version of that cassette release. Following the brilliant single-source-material manipulations found on "Blank Tapes" and "10,000 Chicken Symphony," Reynols reinterprets and recomposes recordings from Oliveros for just intonation accordion and voice. Reynols -- unlike most remix artists -- takes great care to add something that is distinctively of themselves without diluting the beautiful complexities of Oliveros' signature style. "Pauline Oliveros In The Arms Of Reynols" is a massive recording of the glacial swells of Oliveros' accordion which are matched with Reynols magically dark production -- adding distant (and somewhat threatening) bird choruses and glistening guitar distortion washes to the mix. This extended dronological investigation is broken near the end of the record by Reynols' Miguel Tomasin expounding his ideas about life and this recording. Even if our Spanish were better, his playful neologisms still would probably be beyond us, as our metal grasp of his idiosyncratic mythologies is somewhat limited. Nevertheless, this is an amazing document." AQUARIUS RECORDS (USA) *featured on the Aquarius Favorite Stuff 2001*

"This is a hard drift ambient psych-rock meisterwerk, all originating from massive solo accordion source tapes by Oliveros, reconstructed in Argentinian noise-rock circles". High Knee (USA) 11/22/99 --

PAULINE OLIVEROS IN THE ARMS OF REYNOLS. CD Cream Gardens (Netherlands) CG-04Le trio argentin reynols utilise un concert de Pauline Oliveros (accordéon et voix) qu'il retravaille en profondeur pour créer une large masse de sons toute en stratifications et vibrations permanentes.

METAMKINE catalogue (France)

PAULINE OLIVEROS IN THE ARMS OF REYNOLS: Sound artist Reynols creates a mix of a performance by Pauline Oliveros with an ensemble in Argentina (1994), combined with sounds from a Deep Listening Band performance in New York (1996). 'We are still thinking about the title' opens with a deeply resonant drone, out of which emerges fascinating and complex swirling sounds. This sets the tone for next four, slowly evolving sound textures. The compositions include 'We are still thinking about the title', 'We are still thinking about the title!', 'We are still thinking about the title ...', 'We are still thinking about the title?', and 'We are not morel thinking about the title.' Also included are a sound collage, 'Tomasin's comments about the release, life, etc.', and a bonus track: 'The title is now thinking about us'. The performances are by Pauline Oliveros (just intonation accordion, voice), Reynols (heavy processing composition and additional sounds), Miguel Tomasin (drums and voice), Roberto Conlazo (e-guitar and heavy cabras), and Anla Courtis (e-guitar and roto chivas).

CDeMusic Catalogue (USA)

(REVIEW IN POLISH!)
Reynols "Pauline Oliveros In the Arms Of Reynols" Cream Gardens
Reedycja limitowanej płyty wydanej pierwotnie w 1999r. przez White Tapes, wzbogaconej o 1 bonus track. Przewrotny to album - Reynols poddali subiektywnej reinterpretacji nagrany na żywo materiał Pauline Oliveros z 1994r. (z serii "Deep Listening") - jednej z najwybitniejszych kompozytorek XX wieku.
Cykl "Deep Listening" wziął swoja nazwę nie tylko z faktu, iż zamiast wejść do studia, muzycy dokonywali nagrań w podziemnej cysternie wojskowej o naturalnym pogłosie wynoszącym 45 sekund. Deep Listening to również inna taktyka słuchania - słuchania aktywnego, prowadzącego do "połączenia się ze wszechświatem dźwięków". Reynols podeszli do konceptu Oliveros raczej swobodnie. Wprawdzie pierwszy kawałek daje jeszcze złudzenie podobieństwa, lecz w miarę upływu czasu zamiast Deep Listening mamy Deep Harsh Noise. Odbijany w nieskończoność dźwięk akordeonu, klarnetu i kilku innych instrumentów został przez argentyńskich muzyków potraktowany tak drastycznie, że pod koniec po subtelności pierwowzoru zostaje ledwo wyczuwalny ślad. Choć hałas jest to przedni, nie ma on wiele wspólnego z oryginałem. Ale czy musi mieć coś wspólnego? Mnie wystarczy bezpretensjonalna, uwypuklona trawestacja głównych idei, w której czuć zaledwie fragment ducha starej cysterny.
Na trzeci kawałek składają się poszatkowane rozmowy muzyków, które nagle przechodzą w głęboki dron. Ten track jest najbliższy praktyce Oliveros, mimo, iż ciężarem i atmosferą bliżej mu do kontenera na nuklearne odpadki, niż mrocznego, ale jednocześnie fascynującego swoją lekkością wnętrza, z którego pochodzą źródłowe materiały. Później mamy znowu garść dryfujących, posępnych harmonii, a na deser piskliwe, jakby przyspieszone, lub zagrane tylko na preparowanych skrzypcach drony. I tak jest z całością. Oliveros przebija w niektórych fragmentach bardziej, w innych mniej. Jej błogosławieństwo jest nie mniej jednak słyszalne. A i Reynols nie bez humoru podeszli do pomysłu objęcia Pauline swymi ramionami i dlatego też nie powinno się traktować jego realizacji zbyt poważnie (co nie oznacza, że mamy do czynienia z głupim żartem). Czytając same tytuły nie sposób się nie uśmiechnąć:
1. We Are Still Thinking Aboout The Title
2. We Are Still Thinking Aboout The Title!
3. We Are Still Thinking Aboout The Title...
4. We Are Still Thinking Aboout The Title?
5. We Are Not More Thinking About the Title
6. Tomasin;'s Comments About This Release, Life, etc.
Bonus Track:
7. The Title Is Now Thinking About Us.
Patrz:

Kamil Antosiewicz (Poland): http://www.terra.pl/recenzje/

(REVIEW IN JAPANESE!) ポーリーン・オリヴェロス＆レイノルズ PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS
"Pauline Oliveros in the Arms of Reynols"(Cgr 04) <\1,950>
アメリカ実験音楽界のゴッド・マザー、オリヴェロスの純正調アコーディオンを用いた瞑想的な即興演奏のテープを素材に、アルゼンチンの実験音響ユニット、レイノルズが解体／再構築した音響作品。重厚なノイズが蠢き、轟音が逆巻き吹き荒る。

LOCUS SOLUS (JAPAN)

roar 06 PAULINE OLIVEROS / REYNOLS "THE MINECXIO CONNECTION: LIVE! AT THE ROSENDALE CAFE" LP: One of the most unexpected yet fruitful partnerships of recent years: in the mid-1990s, Pauline Oliveros, electronic music pioneer and sage of the environmental-drone, began working with Reynols, the prolific and resolutely undefinable Argentinian group. Their first joint effort sent Oliveros' music through the rigours of Reynols' heavily processed studio treatments; THE MINEXCIO CONNECTION: LIVE! AT THE ROSENDALE CAFE finds them collaborating on-stage in real time. Recorded in August 2000 during Reynols' first trek through North America, they offered up a version of "Six For New Time" (originally composed by Oliveros for Sonic Youth's GOODBYE 20th CENTURY LP), along with idiosyncratic throat-singing and hypnotic dream/dronescapes. The venue may have been a small cafe in rustic upstate New York, but the sonic results sound like emanations from the deepest of Deep Listening caves under the earth

ROARATORIO CATALOG

"THE MINECXIO CONNECTION: LIVE! AT THE ROSENDALE CAFE: is an excellent live collaboration between the one and only Pauline Oliveros and the equally singular Reynols (or No Reynols in this case, since Miguel Tomasin was not present). If I have my facts right, and I probably don't, this is one of Reynols' first American live performances, and I couldn't think of a better christening than as trio support for Oliveros, who of course is one of the earliest proponents of the concept of Deep Listening, which has has an undeniable impact on many of today's tribal, minimal, noise brigade. In this capacity, Oliveros plays accordion and some unorthodox throat singing as Reynols handles most of the other noise makers (ranging from electric guitar and "cow's nails" to mouth harp, marmonia, didgeridoo, etc), but very little of this could really be considered noise. Environmental free drone bliss is closer to the mark, as these fourextended tracks (including "Six For New Time," which was covered recently on their "Goodbye 20th Century" LP) paint living sound pictures populated by evolving contemplative hiss, hums and reverberating textures that will stay with you long after the needle's lifted. This is the ultimate in spontaneous dream music, and I also happen to think it's pretty cool that Miguel is credited with "inaudible presence."- Lee Jackson

THE BROKEN FACE (Sweden) #17

PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS - "The Minexcio connection : live at the Rosendale Cafe" (Roaratorio) Drones, voix fantomatiques d'un grand-messe à laquelle le grand prêtre Miguel n'a malheureusement pu assister... SONGS OF PRAISE radio show (France)

PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS - "The Minexcio connection : live at the Rosendale Cafe" (Roaratorio, 2003) Fact: Certain recordings are destined for vinyl, particularly if the musicians in question are prone to full frontal fret (e.g., can one truly appreciate Nick Cave on CD?). Minexcio is another deviant example. These artists are obviously aware of the Fact, because they had the gumption to make a “record”. I wouldn’t call this LP dark. I’d call it black. These netherworldly auralscapes are part Steve Roach, part Planet of the Apes soundtrack, and just when you think it couldn’t get any more sinister, you spin side two and your mullet flips clean off. Electro pro Pauline Oliveros (Deep Listening) teamed up with Argentinean group Reynols at Rosendale Cafe to record four lengthy live tracks for your listening displeasure (Oliveros originally composed “Six For New Time” for Sonic Youth’s Goodbye 20th Century LP). Hypnotic throat-singing mingles with ominous enviro-drones and groans, didgeridoo, cow’s nails, et cetera, to haunt your bleakest grotto or torture chamber on days when the veil between worlds is micro-thin.My only complaint is the applause, but if you’re on a shamanic journey to the infernal regions, it’ll help bring you back to the planet’s crust. Visit www.roaratorio.com to purchase for a fabulous $14.

Sharon Nichols, CHRONOGRAM (USA)

PAULINE OLIVEROS & REYNOLS-The Minexcio Connection: Live! At the Rosendale Café LP (Roaratorio/ROAR06) “Pauline Oliveros you know from a prolific and prestigious career in experimental and avant garde music, as a member of the Deep Listening Band, and chief proponent of the Deep Listening philosophy…Reynols you know because we’ve been tossing the groups’ leader, midget guru Miguel Tomasin, at you for at least two years and some of you have not let him further damage himself by catching. Here, they join forces in an unconventional way as only these two could. This was recorded during Reynols’ 2000 US tour, but as Miguel does not ‘physically’ travel with the band, he is credited here with merely “inaudible presence.” Pauline plays her accordion, does some vocals, and channels Miguel through ‘deep listening.’ The audio equivalent to a Jodorowsky short film on a group of foreign artists deliberately getting lost in a small American town, and finding refuge in an old, dark, creaky café. If none of this means much to you, then please re-join us a few titles down, at the “Holiday” ! section. You’ll be safer there. Maybe…”

SCRATCH RECORDS (Canada) catalogue #358 dec 2003

(REVIEW IN JAPANESE!)

** Pauline Oliveros & Reynols "The Minexcio Connection: Live! At The Rosendale Cafe" LP Roaratorio roar 06 以前CDでも出ていた同じ組合せだが場所も時期も違う(2000年)もので､前作よりも抑制されかつ残響を含んだDeep Listening的色あいが濃い幽玄ﾄﾞﾛｰﾝ内容｡ｼﾞｬｹはﾚｲﾉﾙｽﾞ色炸裂だが｡ (** : must!)

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