building hypnotic momentum through slyly mutating repetition and dense complexity

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ALISON KNOWLES - Sounds from the Book of Bean LP Dark Ambient building hypnotic momentum through slylyThe first vinyl LP release from Fluxus pioneer Alison Knowles (b. 1933). Sounds from the Book of Bean is an assemblage of noises and texts related to The Book of Bean (1982), Knowles 8 foot tall walk in book constructed at Franklin Furnace in New York. This recording, the sounds of making the big book, was continually played back inside of the installation. Echoes of Yoshi Wada hammering together the circular spine of the book, other collaborators