CORNELIUS CARDEW – Material – CD limited – HAT[NOW]ART150

Before he was killed in a hit-and-run in 1981, Cornelius Cardew was an English Maoist composer creating his own cultural revolution and writing entirely utilitarian, approachable music …

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Before that little red book rocked his world (c. 1970), he was known as a powerful experimenter and improviser, and a favorite Cologne student of Stockhausen. Cardew, in full-on Cageian mode, seriously seriously blurs the line between composer and improviser. You may also know Cardew from his creations the Scratch Orchestra and AMM. …

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