Alvin Curran

Alvin Curran
Born: Dec 13, 1938 in Providence, RI
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Genre: New Age
Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Electronic
Biography: American composer Alvin Curran co-founded the group Musica Elettronica Viva and has been active with solo performances, international radio concerts and large-scale sound installations since the 1960s. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Curran studied composition under Ron Nelson at Brown University, ...Read full biography
Animal Behavior
Released: 1995
Label: TZADIK
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Two very different compositions are featured on this album. "Animal Behavior" is a wholly sampled collection of blips and moans, musical bits, and animal sounds interspersed with the spoken word fragments ...Read full review
Electric Rags II
Released: 1990
Label: New Albion
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Rova Saxophone Quartet with Curran, electronics, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Oberheim expander. Lots of tuneful and rhythmic material ("Z Train," "Corny Island", "Scusami, I walk alone", "Continental shelf-dance" ...Read full review
More Alvin Curran albums: Main Albums (11)
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