{"product_id":"meredith-monk-key-lp","title":"Meredith Monk - Key LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposer, singer, director\/choreographer, creator of new opera, musical theater works, films and installations, Meredith Monk is one of the most unique and influential artists of our time. Awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2015, Monk has blazed her own influential trail through music and movement over the past 50 years. Pitchfork noted in a recent review of her latest ECM release, \u003cem\u003eOn Behalf of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e: \"Meredith Monk's influence as a singer and composer extends through Björk, Joanna Newsom and beyond.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKey\u003c\/em\u003e contains Monk's earliest compositions for voice, composed and performed from 1967-1970. In her words: \"In \u003cem\u003eKey\u003c\/em\u003e I wanted to create a constantly shifting ambience. Each song dealt with a different vocal character, landscape, technical concern or emotional quality. I was trying for a visceral, kinetic song form that had the abstract qualities of a painting or a dance. I knew that I didn't want to set music to a text: for me, the voice itself was a language which seemed to speak more eloquently than words. I chose certain phonemes for their particular sound qualities. In a sense, each song became a world in itself with its own timbre, texture and impulse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tompkins Square reissue faithfully reproduces the original 1971 LP on Increase Records, with textured cover and original insert images and notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tompkins Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67880660894016,"sku":"phh1793062910999","price":15.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8535\/4304\/files\/meredith-monk---key-lp_1.jpg?v=1793062919","url":"https:\/\/mountainpeaks.shop\/products\/meredith-monk-key-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}