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위스콘신 출신의 Zola Jesus 의 고딕스러운 보컬톤과 엠비언틱한 사운드가 오늘 같은 날씨에 딱이었던듯. 플레이 리스트에 걸어두고 듣는 순간 창문너머로 흔들리는 나뭇가지나 유리 진동음 같은 이미지와 매치가 환상적이었던. 근래들어 환경과 인위적인 매체의 결합이 이루어지는 불연적인 순간을 마주칠 일이 적었는데. 왠지 기분 좋은 하루.

"Scratch for SASSAS"
Compiled by Cindy Bernard from Scratch Music, Cornelius Cardew, Ed., 1972 and including original scores by Steve Roden and Andy Featherston

Cindy Bernard, Jorge Martin and Joe Potts, Conductors

Played by: Glenn Bach, Mitchell Brown, Ted Byrnes, Andy Featherston, William Harrington, Ian Henderson,
Anna Homler, Michael Intriere, Gregory Lenczycki, Dave Muller, Alan Nakagawa, Diane O'Rourke, Jasmine Orpilla, Corrina Peipon, Renee Petropoulos, Rick Potts, Steve Roden, William Roper

The Scratch Orchestra was an experimental musical ensemble whose ranks swelled to over 50 people in its brief existence. It was defined in its founding constitution as “A large number of enthusiasts pooling their resources (not primarily material resources) and assembling for action (music making, performance, edification).” The Scratch Orchestra arose from Cornelius Cardew's "Experimental Music" class at Morley College near London and reflected his musical philosophy at that time. This meant that anyone could join, graphic and text based scores were used (rather than traditional sheet music), and there was an emphasis on indeterminate composition.

Cardew, with co-founders Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton published A Scratch Orchestra: draft constitution in The Musical Times in June 1969. The constitution set out the framework, which would dominate the orchestra’s musical work for the first half of its existence. It proposed a fluid community where students, office workers, amateur musicians and some professional composers would gather together for performance, music making and edification. The Orchestra dissolved in 1974 due to the strains of Cardew's "reverse seniority" (whereby the most junior members in age would receive the first opportunities to direct the Orchestra),
tensions between musically-trained and non-musically-trained members, and Cardew's increasing interest in radical politics.

This ensemble was organized on the occasion of the Los Angeles premiere of "Pilgrimage From Scattered Points" by Luke Fowler which takes the Scratch Orchestra as its subject.

Camera: Alexandra Pelly, Doug Henry
Editing: Alexandra Pelly