TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP New Age mirroring a wealth of classic

mirroring a wealth of classic French film music and avant-garde minimalism

Sonic landscape filled with emotion roll over you and leave you behind with an open mouth and bloody ears - Mastered at Audiosiege in Portland

A description

and the songs were written over a long period of time in his Brooklyn apartment (as opposed to largely on the bus down to the studio on the debut)

TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP New Age mirroring a wealth of classicOn composing Tom Phillips' Irma: In February and March of 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. The following notes on the piece arise out of that involvement and try to show how the piece can be made into a performance state. Irma is a curious score it is printed on a single sheet 50cms x 50cms. The notation consists of fragments from Toms continuing treatment of the victorian novel by W. H. Mallock, which he calls A