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Solar Music at Sierksdorf, Ostsee (vinyl LP)

Joe Jones - Solar Music at Sierksdorf, Ostsee (vinyl LP)
A solar music by Joe Jones, performed and recorded early morning April 1, 1984, on the Baltic Sea beach of Sierksdorf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
This recording was originally published as a tape in an edition of 15 copies and later reissued as a CD. The original tape edition included seven photo prints and a title page which were missing from the CD and are reproduced here for the first time in A5 format on thick cardboard.
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Joe Jones (1934-1993) is a New York musician and member of Fluxus which he joined in 1963 after meeting Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles. Jones is best-known for being the inventor of the music machines, a set of mechanical instruments used during experimental performances. In 1972 he produced John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album Fly, and founded Fluxus Airlines with George Maciunas. In the mid-eighties, Joe Jones also produced a series of computer-based short films called Fluxus Homes Movies.
 
published in February 2016
gatefold PVC sleeve, plastic innersleeve + 7 A5 photographs
1 track (16'04'' / 13'22'')
 
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Solar Music at Sierksdorf, Ostsee (vinyl LP)


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