Name: Himalaya
Brand: Carl Stone

Bonus disc

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Catalogue number

UW028lp

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Black Vinyl

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

744790142556

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

UW028cd

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744790142532

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Carl Stone

Genre US

Modern Composition

Label US

Unseen Worlds

Carl Stone is an American composer and pioneer in the field of live electronic music. Born on February 10, 1953, he studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts under renowned composers Morton Subotnick and James Tenney. Since 1972, Stone has been creating captivating electro-acoustic music that pushes boundaries and challenges traditional notions of sound.

Currently a faculty member in the Department of Information Media at Chukyo University in Japan, Stone also resides and works in San Francisco. His unique approach to music combines intricate compositions with innovative technology, resulting in mesmerizing performances that captivate audiences worldwide.

Influenced by a diverse range of artists such as David Toop, Pauline Oliveros, Jon Hassell, Laurie Spiegel, Nuno Canavarro, and many others from various genres and backgrounds. Carl Stone's work stands out for its ability to seamlessly blend different musical elements into a cohesive whole.

Following his critically acclaimed collections Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties and Electronic Music from the Eighties and Nineties, Carl Stone pairs Baroo (March 2019) with a double-LP album of recent works, including the final section of "Fujiken", his epic journey through southeast Asian field recordings and street cassette culture. On all six tracks, composed between 2013 and 2019, Stone’s pan-global playground of looping synths and Asian pop culture remains as fertile as ever, digitally shattered into unimagined patterns and gestures, either through the MAX programming language or (in the case of "Kikanbou") by generating live loops within an Elektron Octatrack sampler. The title track is the first recorded release from Stone’s ongoing collaboration with the Japanese vocalist Akaihirume. Elsewhere new influences come from rock (the slow drum break of “Bia Bia”), disco (the Nile Rodgers-esque guitar riff “Kikanbou”) and hip hop (the frenetic percussion loop of "Han Yan"). Their diversity only adds to Stone’s borderless musical vision, a world where rhythm becomes atmosphere, song becomes beat, and pop becomes art.

Himalaya

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