{"product_id":"julius-eastman-femenine-2lp","title":"Femenine (2LP + download code)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulius Eastman - Femenine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDouble vinyl edition of 'Femenine', remastered by Jim O'Rourke, and presented across four sides of black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with black poly-lined inners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023 repress. Double-LP version, black vinyl in gatefold sleeve -- on vinyl for the first time, in a revelatory new remaster by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2016, Finnish label frozen reeds published the première release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJulius Eastman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFemenine\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, for chamber ensemble. Laying unheard for decades prior, the release documented a 1974 performance by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eS.E.M. Ensemble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e with the composer himself on piano. Lauded in Pitchfork (awarded \"Best New Music\"), The New Yorker, and The New York Times, the first release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFemenine\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e served as the catalyst that propelled Eastman's music into the mainstream. Articles on Eastman's music and its immediate disruptive impact on the classical canon began to appear in every major news organ in the English-speaking world and beyond. His music began to be programmed in major concerts and festivals, several of these entirely themed around his life and work. New recordings sprang up from a fresh generation of musicians engaging with his ideas and interpreting them for a modern audience hungry to hear more. But the raw, emotionally cascading spirit of the original performance continues to inspire listeners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoyous, insistent, and immersive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFemenine\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e bathes the listener in surges of tonal color from intertwining winds, piano, violin, pitched percussion, synthesizer, and -- uniquely -- the composer's own invention of mechanized sleigh bells, which provide the 72-minute piece with its characteristic pulse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFemenine\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was recorded live by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteve Cellum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -- co-producer of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArthur Russell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld of Echo\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -- and the new vinyl reissue has been remastered from the original high-definition tape transfer by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e at his Steamroom studio in the Japanese mountains. Illuminating sleeve notes are provided by composer and author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMary Jane Leach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, key figure of the Eastman revival and co-editor of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGay Guerrilla\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e collection of essays on his life and music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEastman's stated aim with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFemenine\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas to please listeners, saying of the piece that 'the end sounds like the angels opening up heaven . . . should we say euphoria?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\" --Mary Jane Leach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Femenine (performer – S.E.M. Ensemble)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1. Femenine (performer – S.E.M. Ensemble)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eC1. Femenine (performer – S.E.M. Ensemble)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eD1. Femenine (performer – S.E.M. 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