Roberts / Toop / Cuee: Boundaries (Vinyl LP)

Boundaries, the second release from the label Multimodal, sees artists Jan Hendrikse and David Toop interpret Mieko Shiomi's Boundary Music. This text score from 1963 states: Make the faintest possible sound to a boundary condition whether the sound is given birth to as a sound or not. At the performance, instruments, human bodies, electronic apparatus or anything else may be used. Side two features two works by saxophonist, composer and bandleader Cath Roberts, Off-World and March of the Egos, interpreted by CUEE (City University Experimental Ensemble). The latter was a new commission for the 25-piece ensemble, who perform both live, recorded at London's experimental music hub IKLECTIK. David Toop says about interpreting Boundary Music: I've worked on Mieko Shiomi's Boundary Music over a long period of time and in a variety of contexts: commissioning musicians to record new versions of the piece for the Playing John Cage exhibition I curated at Arnolfini Bristol (2005-6) and exploring