Mercy
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Performer: Meredith MonkPerformer: John Hollenbeck
Performer: Allison Easter
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-10-29
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- Braid 1 and Leaping Song
- Braid 2
- Urban March (Shadow)
- Masks
- Line 1
- Doctor/Patient
- Line 2
- Woman At The Door
- Line 3 and Prisoner
- Epilogue
- Shaking
- Liquid Air
- Urban March (Light)
- Core Chant
Music reviews of Mercy
Music Review: It's impossible to derscribe in words why I like Monk's stuff so much
Rating: 4 Stars
I feel that in many ways, the only way to properly review Meredith Monk is not to write text, but to insert a wav file that would reveal me howling in glee or anguish in reaction to her recordings. Indeed, this is how Meredith Monk uses voice herself, for even when she does use words, she often uses them in most abstract way possible, playing more with their sounds than their meaning.
_Mercy_ is no different. Monk explores the possibility of voice in ways that no one else has. Her work is so playful when it comes to sound and voice--her pieces insight a little laughter, a little joy, and sometimes just plain awe. I was a little dismayed to hear her voice being synthesized and sampled a little in this recording, for I always thought that her work was strongest for NOT using electronics but allowing voice to have its own natural depth. Pieces like "Shaking" make it clear that, in Monk's musical world, voice is as much an instrument to be arranged as piano or percussion.
The I Ching says that before a brilliant person begins something great, she must look foolish to the crowd. I have turned many a friend off from Monk just by playing some of her work, but I remain a big fan, listening to her musical oddities with a pleasure bordering on rapture.
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