Deep Listening Band
| Deep Listening Band | |
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from left to right:
David Gamper, Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | USA |
| Genres | Avant-Garde, Experimental, Contemporary Classical |
| Instruments | accordion, didjeridu, trombone, electronics, keyboards, experimental instruments, found objects, voice |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Labels | Deep Listening, New Albion, Taiga Records, Za Discs, Important |
| Associated acts | John Cage |
| Website | http://deeplistening.org/ |
| Members |
Stuart Dempster Pauline Oliveros |
| Past members |
David Gamper Panaiotis |
| Notable instruments | |
| Expanded Instrument System, Long String Instrument | |
The Deep Listening Band (DLB) was founded in 1988 by Pauline Oliveros (accordionist, Expanded Instrument System and composer), Stuart Dempster (trombonist, didjeridu player and composer) and Panaiotis (vocalist, electronics and composer). David Gamper (keyboards and electronics) replaced Panaiotis in 1990.
The band is named after Oliveros' term, concept, program and registered servicemark of the Deep Listening Institute, Ltd., Deep Listening, and specializes in performing and recording in resonant or reverberant spaces such as cathedrals and huge underground cisterns including the 2-million-US-gallon (7,600 m3) Fort Worden Cistern which has a 45 second reverberation time.
Deep Listening Band recorded its first, self entitled album at Fort Worden Cistern in Port Townsend, WA on October 8, 1988. Al Swanson is credited with the on location recording, while Swanson and Dempster collaborated in editing the recording in December 1988. The initial name "The Deep Listening Band" and the corresponding acronym "DLB" were coined during the winter of 1988/1989. In 1991 the name became "Deep Listening Band", without a "The".
DLB collaborated with Ellen Fullman and her Long String Instrument resulting in the Suspended Music release by Periplum Records in 1993. The band also performed, recorded, and released a trope on John Cage's 4'33". Non Stop Flight, a 70 minute excerpt from the 4 hours and 33' trope recorded in September 1996 at the Mills College concert hall, was released by Music & Arts.Unquenchable Fire with the Joe McPhee Quartet was released on the Deep Listening Label in 2003. The same year saw the release Deep Time featuring Swiss experimental percussionist Fritz Hauser as special guest.
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