Adolf Wölfli - Graeme Revell, Nurse With Wound And Déficit Des Années Antérieures – Necropolis, Amphibians & Reptiles (The Music Of Adolf Wölfli) [LP] (1986, Musique Brut)

 

Adolf Wölfli (February 29, 1864 – November 6, 1930) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Wölfli's work has inspired many composers. Danish composer Per Nørgård, after viewing a Wölfli exhibition in 1979, embarked on a schizoid style lasting for several years; among the works of this time are an opera on the life of Wölfli called "The Divine Circus". The chamber opera "Wölfli Szenen" ("Wölfli Scenes"), which premiered in Graz, Austria, in 1981, featured music by Georg Friedrich Haas, the Austrian composer of spectral music, Gösta Neuwirth, Anton Prestele and Wolfgang Rihm. In 1978, "Adolf Wölfli: Gelesen Und Vertont", the first recording of Wölfli's work ever to be published, was released by the Adolf Wölfli Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern. Since that time, a number of German musicians have released adaptations of Wölfli's work.

 

In 1987, musician and composer Graeme Revell released an LP entitled 'Necropolis, Amphibians & Reptiles: The Music of Adolf Wolfli'. This was on his own Musique Brut label in London, UK in 1987. This audio compilation was based on the works of Wölfli and incorporated digital renditions of Wölfli's compositions, with additional sound effects and ambient soundscapes added to the songs, by Revell, based on the artwork surrounding Wölfli's musical notations. The LP was a collection of musical interpretations by Revell as well as DDAA and Nurse With Wound. This LP came with a booklet with a biography and images of Wolfli's works. Tracks 8 and 9 are combined into one track. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

 

Label: Musique Brut – BRU 002 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: 1986 

Style: Modern Classical, Experimental, Ambient, Industrial, Dark Ambient, Sound Collage

 

Tracklist:

Alpha1 Graeme Revell – Necropolis, Amphibians And Reptiles 4:08 

Alpha2 Graeme Revell – Countess Saladine 2:28 

Alpha3 Graeme Revell – Chimpnags-Apes Of The Union Canada: America 4:33 

Alpha4 Graeme Revell – Allgebrah 2:40 

Alpha5 Graeme Revell – Ebony Tower In The Orient. Water Fanfare No.1 3:45 

Alpha6 Graeme Revell – The Balli 2:16 

Beta1 Déficit Des Années Antérieures – St. Adolf's Comet 4:23 

Beta2 Déficit Des Années Antérieures – Natural Fhorm Of The Holy-Light-Island In The Pacific Ocean 4:25 

Beta3 Déficit Des Années Antérieures – Rahma Margarine 8:57 

Beta4 Nurse With Wound – Lea Tantaaria 6:36 

Beta5 Nurse With Wound – Great-God-Father-Nieces 2:09 

 

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