On May 30th 2012, Pauline Olveros will be 80. To mark this occasion Important Records are releasing a massive 12 CD box set entitle Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970; a collection of mostly unreleased works along with essays by Oliveros, Alex Chechile, Ramon Sender, David Bernstein, and Cory Arcangel.
Oliveros is one of the key figures in experimental electronic music. I first encountered her work through the album she made with Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis in 1989 called Deep Listening.
I wrote a piece about this a few years back and I’m posting this article by way of tribute to her innovative and inspirational work. Continue reading
