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1990 studio album by Ostertag with Zorn with Frith
Attention Span Released 1990 (1990 ) Recorded September – December 1989 (1989-12 ) Studio Genre Length 45 :21 Label RecRec
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
Professional ratings Review scores 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
Title Music 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 , Ostertag1:54 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
Adapted from the Attention Span liner notes.[7]
Musicians
Production and design
Release history
Region
Date
Label
Format
Catalog
Switzerland
1990
RecRec
CD
ReCDec 33
References
^ 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. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
^ Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines . McFarland & Company . p. 188. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
^ "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span " . CD Review Digest . 6 (4). Peri Press: 410. 1992. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
^ Caras, Tracy; Gagne, Cole (1992). "Interviews with American Composers" . Soundpieces 2 . 6 (4). Peri Press: 410. 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. CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
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