THE LAST LP
Unique Last Recordings of the Music of Ancient Cultures
Assembled by Michael Snow

Art Metropole 1987
Song Cycle Records 2018 – CY991
Barcode: 889397719913
Gatefold
180gr Virgin Vinyl
Limited edition of 500

In collaboration with Michael Snow
Michael Snow’s The Last LP is an extraordinary collection of tracks “of rare music derived from threatened, obsolete, or now-extinct cultures from around the world” that although the claiming of being field recordings of ancient musical experiences, are in fact pieces played, conceived and recorded by the artist himself.
As it was for Music For Piano (CY999), with this issue the Canadian artist further developed his conceptual investigation around the object-LP where the single elements (the record, the music, the text and the jacket) are so indissolubly intertwined to create what the artist calls a “sonics-sculpture-text”. Partly motivated by the announced obsolescence of the vinyl format, The Last LP is also a critical reflection on the impact of new technologies on the relationship between played and recorded music.

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SIDE A
Wu Ting Dee Lin Chao Cheu 6:09
(Announcing the Arrival of the Emperor Wu Ting)
The Orchestra of the National Music Institute, Seoul Korea

Si Nopo Da 3:42
(By What Signs Will I Come to Understand?) Women of the Bo-sa-so-sho tribe, Niger, S.E. Africa

Ohwachira 9:34
Water ceremony performed by Miantonomi and Cree tribespeople, Quebec, Canada

I Ching Dee Yen Tzen 3:41
(The Strings of Love)
Tarn Wing Lun on the Hui Tra, Ontario, Canada

Póhl’novyessnikh (Full to the Brim) 0:29
Performed by a 16-member male choir, Varda, Carpathia, USSR

Speech in Klögen 2:12
by Okash, Northern Finland

SIDE B
Mbowunsa Mpahiya 7:59
(Battle Song of Bowunsa)
Performed by male members of the Kpam Kpam tribe, Angola, West Africa

Quuiasukpuq Quai Gami 2:14
(He is Happy Because He Came)
Performed by Ani’ksa’tuk of the Tornarssuk tribe, Siberia USSR

Amitābha Chenden Kālā 6:32
(The Simultaneous Welcome of Amitabha)
Performed by the 12 monks of the Kagyupa Sect, Bhutan

Roiakuriluo 9:36
(Dawn Ceremony)
Performed by Sabané, Elahe, Brazil

Raga Lalat 2:53
Performed by Palak Chawal, Benares, India