Annotated nedbase 1970 1975 updated 031520 special announcement. Dec 28, 2014 ned lagin has an official website where he writes extensively about his photography, art, and music, and, has several galleries of wonderful images to explore. Despite his lack of fame, ned lagin fits the classical definition. Ned lagin, phil lesh seastones 1975, vinyl discogs. Phil lesh, and ned lagin pronounced laygen as in generation would fill what amounted to a set 1.
Ned lagin loved it, which should tell you something. The new, two cd album of seastones was released on march 8, 2018. In short, seastones is electronic music of the best kind a shifting sonic landscape out of which the strangest things may emerge. The album isnt an instant absorption device like good new age, mind you this isnt space music.
Ned lagin has an official website where he writes extensively about his photography, art, and music, and, has several galleries of wonderful images to explore. Jul 04, 2018 when seastones, ned lagins sole album of biomusic, was released in 1975, it received enough fm radio play to edge into the outer boroughs of billboards charts despite its pressing in. Grateful dead phil leshned lagin seastones sealed 1975. When seastones, ned lagins sole album of biomusic, was released in 1975, it received enough fm radio play to edge into the outer. The music of john lely all selections concert recordings except doubles meander section 2018 quartet of apartment house players stopping at the sheer edge will never abolish space 2020 for soprano and three cellos during 20 trio voc. Ned lagins spiritcats is the facebook home of a collection of his photography, art, writing, and music. Far more consonant than the often harsh biomusic of seastonesreleased by the grateful deads round records and cocredited to phil leshcat dreams reveals a musician at play. Lagin studied jazz improvisation, arrangement, and piano and played in small jazz groups and a big band. Podomatic podcast crow with no mouth radio crow with. Ned lagin born march 17, 1948 is an american artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist lagin is considered a pioneer in the development and use of minicomputers and personal computers in realtime stage and studio music composition and performance.
Seastones is an open form mobile composition of compositions moment forms, and a improvisational performance form. Interweaving musical technologies with sound art, science, linguistics, philosophy, and early music, seastones is comprised of pieces that are dynamic, rich and deep. Nov 06, 2011 seastones was rereleased in stereo on cd by rykodisc in 1991. We have just a bit of allamerican goofiness, and then this other nice jam. Ned lagin and seastones tuesday, september 16, 2014. Podomatic podcast crow with no mouth radio crow with no. In 1975 lagin released an album of experimental space music entitled seastones on round records. Jun, 2011 ned lagin seastones 1975 pierrot lunaire gudrun 1977 horrific child letrange mr whinster 1976 pink fairies never neverland 1971 gift gift 1972 ruth white flowers of evil 1969 erlkoenig erlkoenig 1973 kraan andy nogger 1974 opus avantra introspezione 1974 jean michel jarre deserted palace 1972. This album, not a reissue, presents most but not all of the composition as originally composed but never. Seastones is an album by american composer and musician ned lagin in 1975 lagin released the quadraphonic album of electronic music, composed between 19701974, a small part of the complete seastones composition, on round records and then united artists records. A new, twocd album of seastones was released on march 8, 2018.
It really isnt, in any linear way, related to phils quintetsextet combos after 94. Whether one has been waiting 40 years for ned lagin to follow up his 1975 debut or not, his longtimecoming cat dreams is bound to surprise. Seastones was rereleased in stereo on cd by rykodisc in 1991. We specialize in granite chilling stones, touchstone wine glasses, granite chilling coasters, stone sculptures, and many delightful items for your home. Seastones is the only album that has been released from electronic music composer ned lagin. Blues, doing the drum solo in the first set, then closing with promised land or bertha, and then. In 1975 lagin released the quadraphonic album of electronic music, composed between 19701974, a small part of the complete seastones composition, on round records and then united artists records. In 1975 lagin released seastones, a quadraphonic album of electronic music composed between 19701974 and constituting a small part of the complete seastones composition on round records and then united artists records a new, two cd album of seastones was released on march 8, 2018. Donna jean turned the whole show around, opening with u.
This included running analogue to digital converters and doing digital signal processing to generate music in the era before digital synthesizers appeared on. Ned lagin born march 17, 1948 is an american artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and. His name is ned lagin, and he is the creator of the album seastones released in april 1975 on the deads round records rx 106. The original version of the piece was released in 1975 on the grateful deads sublabel round records. When seastones, ned lagins sole album of biomusic, was released in 1975, it received enough fm radio play to edge into the outer boroughs of. The album was rereleased in stereo on cd as seastones ned lagin on rykodisc in 1991. Phil lesh and ned lagin released an album of weirdout early electronic music by that name in 1974, and the duo often played a mini set of ten to twenty minutes between sets one and two, giving. Producer produced by, writtenby, composed by, piano piano, prepared piano, percussion, computer interdata 716 computer with high speed arithmetic logic unit, programmable bioelectronic io microprocessor intel 8080, synthesizer emu modular, arp 2500, arp odyssey, electrocomp, buchla modular, keyboards, clavichord, organ ned lagin. Ned lagin born march 17, 1949 is an american avantgarde keyboardist. Sea stones began when anne johnson and arra david designed the first product, our coast hook, inspired by the uniqueness of each stone and the beauty of hardwood. Seastones was influenced not only by modern jazz and forms for improvisation, but also by lagins studies of early, renaissance, and 20th century music. A full online help system is installed with ned2 and is incorporated with the software.
Ned lagin on piano, david crosby on electric 12string, jerry garcia on electric 6string, phil lesh on bass, bill kreutzmann on drums, and john cipollina on this little short bit here, on guitar. About as foreign sounding as one can imagine, seastones pushed the wall of sound into the outer space of experimental music completely. Seastones is an album by american composer and musician ned lagin. The cd version includes the original ninesection sea stones 42. Offered for sale is a sealed copy of the 1975 lp seastones, by phil lesh and ned lagin about this copy. Ned lagins seastones is a groundbreaking electronic work which features musicians jerry garcia, phil lesh, david crosby, grace slick, david freiberg, mickey hart, and spencer dryden. This item is not for sale online until after the opening of business on sunday, june 21. The phil and ned segments were the ancestors of seastones, an electronic album released in spring 1975 featuring lagin, lesh, garcia and other contributors. Backwards day was a spiritual cousin to opposite day, i suppose, but instead of just turning their guitars around, the boys and mrs. Sea stones creates beautiful items from recycled granite, hand picked beach stones, and forest stewardship certified hardwood. Stay tuned for an upcoming seaside chat with david lemieux as part of our daves picks series. Seastones sails beyond all melodic, harmonic and rhythmic forms, aligning itself within the folds of. Ned lagin at his synthesizer board before the grateful dead concert at dillon stadium on 31 july 1974. Grateful dead, jerry garcia and friends, seastones, ned lagin and phil lesh.
Lagin is an extremely imaginative composer and musician. Hiphop420 favorite favorite favorite favorite april 3, 2010 subject. Makes me wonder if there are other leshlagin recordings out there yet to surface on the archive. Ned lagin on stage trimming gear before grateful dead concert. This eightythree moment form edition comprises most but not all of the complete seastones, following the original intent of creating a musical composition whose constituent moment forms were not meant to be listened to or performed as one fixed. Ned lagin on stage trimming gear before grateful dead. Stormy mondays grateful dead 1974 retrospective part 6.
The cover has a hype sticker attached that mentions the artists names. We said there was a chance that the limited edition daves picks releases could sell out. While the majority of the music is performed by ned himself, grateful dead bassist phil lesh an electronic composer himself also paid a. The original seastones was included on an extended version cd released in 1991 see below for more details. Instead, its a peculiar type of mind game involving familiar names members of the grateful dead, david crosby, grace slick and doing unfamiliar things. In april 1975 phil lesh and electronic music wizard ned lagin put out seastones, an album of experimental electronic cybernetic biomusic, in the words of a dead heads newsletter. Daves picks volume 17 is a threecd live album by the rock band the grateful dead. He released an album entitled seastones ned lagin and phil lesh in 1975 on round rx, which was recorded in sqquad. This copy of seastones is an original still sealed pressing. This eightythree moment form edition comprises most but not all of the complete seastones, following the original intent of creating a musical composition whose constituent moment forms were not meant to be listened to or performed as one fixed linear progression. Lagin and lesh made several appearances at dead shows before the retirement, opening the second sets of their final week at winterland with a section of apparently formless electronic cacophony high tweedles, rumbling bass notes that vibrated the entire hall, waterfalls of swooshes, bleeps and assorted noises that defy onomatopoetic description.
He was a touring, studio, and guest keyboard player with the grateful dead from 1970 to. Lagin is considered a pioneer in the development and use of minicomputers in realtime stage and studio performance. Seastones extended version, ned lagin, 1991, rykodisk rcd 40193 a rough mix, basic. Some dead setlists from 74 refer to the electronic space segments as seastones, but ive always preferred the more convivialsounding phil and ned. Ned lagin born march 17, 1949 is an american avantgarde keyboardist lagin is considered a pioneer in the development and use of minicomputers in realtime stage and studio performance. Instead, its a peculiar type of mind game involving familiar names members of the grateful dead, david crosby, grace slick and doing unfamiliar things to and. This album, not a reissue, presents most but not all of the composition as. An extended seastones cd comprising the original seastones plus a slightly shorter, previously unreleased version was issued in 1991. It contains the complete concert recorded on july 19, 1974 at selland arena in fresno, california. For those of you who dont know, phil lesh and experimental musician ned lagin used to perform a feedback laced piece of electronic music during what. The show also offers up a first and an only the former, a seastones set featuring phil and ned lagin and the latter, the sole grateful dead performance of chuck berrys let it rock. Ned2 is the successor to ned1 and is available for download. Details grateful dead complete studio albums collection.