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Pauline Oliveros

Pauline Oliveros
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American Composer, performer and author, born 1932. In the early 60s, Oliveros — with Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender — formed the San Francisco Tape Music Center, and, there, she began her pioneering work with electronics and tape. In performances, Pauline Oliveros uses an accordion which has been re-tuned in two different systems of her just intonation in addition to electronics to alter the sound of the accordion. Throughout the years, she has developed the Extended Instrument System (EIS), a sophisticated setup of digital signal processors designed for use in live performances. Examples of her use of the system can be heard on recordings by the Deep Listening Band.
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http://paulineoliveros.us
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Releases on file (14)
Deep Listening Band — Dunrobin Sonic Gems Deep Listening Band — Dunrobin Sonic Gems
(Deep Listening DL 47-2014, 2014, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Great Howl at Town Haul Deep Listening Band — Great Howl at Town Haul
(Important Records IMPREC359CD, 2012, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Needle Drop Jungle Deep Listening Band — Needle Drop Jungle
(Taiga 21, 2012, 2LP)
Deep Listening Band — Octagonal Polyphony Deep Listening Band — Octagonal Polyphony
(Important Records IMPREC358LP, 2012, LP)
Deep Listening Band / Joe McPhee Quartet — Unquenchable Fire Deep Listening Band / Joe McPhee Quartet — Unquenchable Fire
(Deep Listening DL 19-2003, 2003, CD)
Deep Listening Band with Joe McPhee & Randy Raine-Reusch — Looking Back Deep Listening Band with Joe McPhee & Randy Raine-Reusch — Looking Back
(ZA Discs N-16, 1999/2013, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Non Stop Flight Deep Listening Band — Non Stop Flight
(MAPA CD-1030, 1998, CD)
Deep Listening Band & the Long String Instrument — Suspended Music Deep Listening Band & the Long String Instrument — Suspended Music
(Periplum P0010, 1997, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Sanctuary Deep Listening Band — Sanctuary
(Mode 46, 1995, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Tosca Salad Deep Listening Band — Tosca Salad
(Deep Listening DL 3 1995 CD, 1995, CD)
Deep Listening Band — The Ready Made Boomerang Deep Listening Band — The Ready Made Boomerang
(New Albion NA 044CD, 1991, CD)
Deep Listening Band — Troglodyte's Delight Deep Listening Band — Troglodyte's Delight
(What Next WN0003, 1990, CD)
Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis — Deep Listening Pauline Oliveros / Stuart Dempster / Panaiotis — Deep Listening
(Important Records IMPREC359CD, 1989, CD)
Pauline Oliveros — Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop Pauline Oliveros — Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop
(Pogus Productions P21012-2, 1967/1997, CD)

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