Product DescriptionFor the first time on CD, Blue Gene Tyranny s first album
from 1977 (originally one of the first Lovely Music releases)
is beautifully re-mastered, with new artwork and a 24-page
booklet. Blue is a Grammy-nominated composer and pianist
who has performed on records by Robert Ashley (Perfect
Lives), John Cage, and Laurie Anderson, yet this is quite
different. Composing for what is essentially a chamber
rock ensemble, a cast of female vocalists, and himself (on
the Polymoog and RMI synthesizers), Blue has created
a song-cycle that reflects his intensely melodic and free
piano technique in a polished studio record. Out of the Blue
elegantly combines adventurous New Music technique, the
style and appeal of pop music, and the grace of classical
music to form an unclassifiable and totally revelatory whole.
Endearing, exciting, familiar yet unlike anything else this is
a very friendly record.