Attention Span (album)
Appearance
Attention Span | ||||
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Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | September – December 1989 | |||
Studio | Various
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Length | 45:21 | |||
Label | RecRec | |||
Bob Ostertag chronology | ||||
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Fred Frith chronology | ||||
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John Zorn chronology | ||||
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Attention Span is a collaborative album by Bob Ostertag, Fred Frith and John Zorn, released in 1990 by RecRec Music.[1][2][3][4][5]
Reception
[edit]Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Ted Mills of AllMusic said of Attention Span that it is "not as cohesive as some of his other, more conceptual works (sometimes you wonder if the whole thing is a favor to his fellow artists), but certainly not without worth."[6]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Power" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:07 |
2. | "Paper Jam" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:16 |
3. | "Warning" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:25 |
4. | "And Gate" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:10 |
5. | "Necker Cube" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:56 |
6. | "Fold" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:06 |
7. | "Ebb Tide" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:51 |
8. | "Marketing Research" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:21 |
9. | "Fixed Resistor" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:17 |
10. | "Radiant Power" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:14 |
11. | "Depth Reversal" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:21 |
12. | "Dangerous Zone" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:37 |
13. | "Hit the Road" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:21 |
14. | "Smoking" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:55 |
15. | "Waiting" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:31 |
16. | "Electric Flux" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:36 |
17. | "Cocktail Lounge" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:35 |
18. | "Coat Check" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:05 |
19. | "Detour" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:24 |
20. | "Meter" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:59 |
21. | "Circuit Breaker" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:11 |
22. | "Surge Impendence" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:40 |
23. | "Vision" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:57 |
24. | "Black, To a Chimp" | Ostertag, Zorn | 0:20 |
25. | "Neon" | Ostertag, Zorn | 1:00 |
26. | "Emergency Shop" | Ostertag, Zorn | 3:14 |
27. | "Flame" | Frith, Ostertag | 1:54 |
28. | "Bone" | Frith, Ostertag | 5:39 |
29. | "Jolt" | Frith, Ostertag | 6:03 |
30. | "Bolt" | Frith, Ostertag | 4:37 |
31. | "Loops" | Frith, Ostertag | 0:56 |
32. | "Drowning Offshore" | Frith, Ostertag | 2:43 |
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from the Attention Span liner notes.[7]
Musicians
- Fred Frith – guitar (1-26)
- Bob Ostertag – sampler, liner notes
- John Zorn – alto saxophone (1-26)
Production and design
- Bob Appel – engineering
- Douglas Kenny – cover art, design
- Jonathan Nelson – engineering
- Diego Zweifel – design
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Switzerland | 1990 | RecRec | CD | ReCDec 33 |
References
[edit]- ^ Rusch, Bob (1995). "Bob Ostertag w/ John Zorn/Fred Frith: Attention Span". Cadence. David Haney: 7. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Dean, R.T. (March 2003). Hyperimprovisation Computer-Interactive Sound Improvisation. A-R Editions. p. 122. ISBN 9780895795083. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines. McFarland & Company. p. 188. ISBN 9780252076466. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span". CD Review Digest. 6 (4). Peri Press: 410. 1992. ISBN 9781879796096. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Caras, Tracy; Gagne, Cole (1992). "Interviews with American Composers". Soundpieces 2. 6 (4). Peri Press: 410. ISBN 9780810827103. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Mills, Ted. "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Attention Span (booklet). Bob Ostertag. Zürich, Switzerland: RecRec Music. 1993.
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External links
[edit]- Attention Span at Discogs (list of releases)