Portrait: Bob Gregory (1990) [ 3:58 excerpt ]
This was the first of its kind: a Sound Portrait—pieces where the electronic fixed media accompaniment is derived exclusively from the speaking voice of the performer(s) for whom the piece is created. This raw material comes from an interview staged with the performer(s) that specially recorded for the piece. I don’t recall precisely, but it sounds to me like all the sounds in this sound portrait come from a single word in my interview with Bob, that would be the word “and.” To interact with his portrait, Bob Gregory wrote a poem titled Bebop In The Forest of Lonely Rhythm which he recites in synchronicity. Special thanks to Stephen Malagody of WLRN-FM Radio for his assistance with this recording; and to Steve Peters of Nonsequitur, for his vision in selecting Portrait: Bob Gregory for his Aerial Journal.
Publications
AER1992/5 | CD/CASSETTE | 1992
Various Artists
The Aerial: a journal in sound #5
Volume 5 in our series of eclectic compilations. Still in stock at Pogus.
Willem DeRidder & Hafler Trio Report
Helen Thorington In the Dark
Gustavo Matamoros Portrait: Bob Gregory
Sarah Peebles excerpts from Kai: Revolving Life
Sydney Davis Star Axis
Philip Corner Gong/Ear (excerpt – the complete work was later released on Innova)
Richard Klein & Mark Hosler Wildman
The Machine for Making Sense Changing the Subject
Derek Bailey In My Studio
more about: The Aerial, A Journal in Sound
The Aerial #5 — Reviews
Noted Performances
19911026
SEAMUS’91
Portrait Bob Gregory
Bebop in The Forest of Lonely Rhythm (1990)
performed live by Robert Gregory
Smith Music Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana (IL)
19910405
18th Annual Electronic Music + Festival
Portrait Bob Gregory
Bebop in The Forest of Lonely Rhythm (1990)
acousmatic version
Mills College, Oakland (CA)
19910309
Festival with No Fancy Name
Portrait Bob Gregory
Bebop in The Forest of Lonely Rhythm (1990)
performed live by Bob Gregory
Experimental Intermedia Foundation (NYC)
May 17-18, 1990 | World Premiere
Sentences, Sounds and Portraits
Portrait Bob Gregory:
Bebop in The Forest of Lonely Rhythm (1990)
performed live by Robert Gregory
The Strand (Miami Beach)