R.I.P. Pauline Oliveros

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As a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, Oliveros collaborated with Terry Riley, playing in the first performance of Riley’s ‘In C’, and modular synthesist Morton Subotnick. She later became director of the Center, where she developed a philosophy of listening as a ritual and healing process, an approach she described through her coinage “deep listening”. Her Deep Listening Band specialized in performing recording in resonant or reverberant spaces, and her touchstone album Deep Listening was recorded in 1989 in a disused cistern 14 feet beneath the ground.

https://youtu.be/DMCTxkFwLHw

http://www.factmag.com/2016/11/25/pauline-oliveros-dies-deep-listening-composer/

;_;

RIP

Posted it in the celeb death thread earlier but got overshadowed by Castro mourners. 

Been listening to her stuff throughout the day, I wasn't aware of her stuff at all but damn, I missed out. Leaving behind a lot to explore though!

RIP, very sad, and particularly sad that her death will go largely ignored.

This album is the absolute epitome of title reflecting music. Incredible stuff.

  On 11/26/2016 at 7:32 PM, Herr Jan said:

Posted it in the celeb death thread earlier but got overshadowed by Castro mourners. 

yes i saw that but only after i'd made this thread. sorry about that.

btw: i'd be curious if anyone picked up her reverberations set released a few years back. besides a song here and there, i honestly don't know if i have the patience or ear for an entire album of her work let alone 12 albums

had the pleasure of seeing her twice.... she had a ...heavy presence, a real.... damnit can't explain. She was HERSELF. deep vibes.

sail on ms. oliveros

she signed my program..circa 01 02 03 or something.....

shes the best

Sad day. Been listening to Deep Listening Band since I heard the news. She was a next-level legend, will be missed. Highly recommend her episode of the Resident Advisor podcast that came out earlier this year.

https://youtu.be/iJrJ4pNqDNc

this performance/recording is ultra

Wowowow haunting beautiful stuff!  Too bad it had to be death that brought her music to my ears.  Downloading many albums now...

https://youtu.be/0cJaOQ10Rao

Sad news, may she rest in peace.

I of IV is my fav. shes the best. 

"keep doing what you love until someone pays you to do it" one of my fav quotes

  On 11/27/2016 at 10:11 PM, dr lopez said:

I of IV is my fav. shes the best.

Only have Electronic Works 1965-1966 and the Deep Listening album, but yeah that's a lovely track.

Need to digest more of her sounds.

I knew Pauline and wrote this when I found out. Deeply saddened by the news but thought it would be nice to share here.

"RIP Pauline Oliveros.

She might not be a household name, but Pauline was an important person in my life whether she knew it or not. I attended Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2001-2005 to study electronic media. In my junior year I took a class called “Deep Listening”. To be honest it sounded like an easy “A” at the time.

While some of my classmates didn’t take the class seriously, I found Pauline to be a fascinating person and enjoyed learning about polyrhythms, ambient sound, and meditation through sound.

RIP.

extremely important figure in ambient. and the music lives on in my ears on the regular. thank you Pauline.