Pauline Oliveros

Profile:American Composer, performer and author, born 1932. In the early '60s, Oliveros — with Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender — formed the San Francisco Tape Music Center, and, there, she began her pioneering work with electronics and tape. In performances, Pauline Oliveros uses an accordion which has been re-tuned in two different systems of her just intonation in addition to electronics to alter the sound of the accordion. Throughout the years, she has developed the Extended Instrument System (EIS), a sophisticated setup of digital signal processors designed for use in live performances. Examples of her use of the system can be heard on recordings by the Deep Listening Band. Her early electronic works appear on a pair of CDs: Alien Bog/Beautiful Soop (Pogus, 1997) and Electronic Works (Paradigm, 1998).
URLs:http://paulineoliveros.us
In Groups:Carrier Band, Deep Listening Band, Timeless Pulse
Name Variations: All | Pauline Oliveros | Oliveros | P. Oliveros
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Releases:
Music With Roots In The Aether (VHS)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1976
Accordion & Voice (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Lovely Music ... 1982
The Wanderer ◄ (2 versions)   Lovely Music ... 1984
The Well And The Gentle (2xLP + Box)   Hat Hut Records 1985
Sounding / Way (Cass)   Not On Label 1986
The Roots Of The Moment (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Hat Hut Records ... 1988
Deep Listening (CD, Album)   New Albion 1989
Crone Music (CD, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1990
In Memoriam, Mr. Whitney / St. George And The Dragon (CD)   Mode 1994
Alien Bog / Beautiful Soop (CD, Album)   Pogus Productions 1997
Driftworks (4xCD)   Big Cat UK Records 1997
Electronic Works (CD, Album)   Paradigm Discs 1997
Carrier (CD, Album)   Deep Listening 1998
Ghostdance (CD, Album)   Deep Listening 1998
At The Ijsbreker, Jan 24, 1999 (CD, Album, Dig)   JDK Productions 1999
Pauline Oliveros In The Arms Of Reynols ◄ (2 versions)   White Tapes ... 1999
Primordial Lift (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Table Of The Elements ... 1999
Springs (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Magic If ... 1999
Summer Bugs (CDr, Ltd)   Magic If 1999
No Mo (CD, Album)   Pogus Productions 2001
Minutes After Frogs (File, MP3, 128)   Tu M'p3 2002
A Little Noise In The System (LP, S/Sided, Ltd, Etch)   Table Of The Elements 2003
The Minexcio Connection: Live! At The Rosendale Café (LP)   Roaratorio 2003
Tara's Room (CD)   Deep Listening 2004
Lion's Eye / Lion's Tale (CD, Album)   Deep Listening 2006
Four Electronic Pieces 1959-1966 (CD)   Sub Rosa 2008
The Beauty Of The Steel Skeleton / Drifting Depths (LP, Ltd)   Important Records (2) 2008
Appears On:
20th Century Choral Music (LP) Sound Patterns Ars Nova Ars Antiqua Recordings 1969
The Contemporary Contrabass (LP, Album) Outline, For Flute, Pe... Nonesuch 1970
Music For Solo Performer (LP) Music For Solo Performer Lovely Music, Ltd. 1982
Vor Der Flut (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Watertank Software, Th... Eigelstein Musikproduktion 1985
Women Voicing (Cass, Comp, C45) Talking Bottles And Bo... Musicworks 1985
Blue Window (Cass, Album) The Receptive Zoar Records 1986
Mesa / Pontpoint / Fwyyn (LP) Fwyyn Lovely Music, Ltd. 1986
Starting All Observations From Scratch (Cass, Comp, C45)   Musicworks 1986
Troglodyte's Delight (CD)   ¿What Next? Recordings 1990
The Ready Made Boomerang (CD)   New Albion 1991
Musicworks 52: John Cage (CD, Album) Atlas Eclipticalis Wit... Musicworks 1992
Utopia Americana (CD, Album, Comp) A Woman Sees How The W... New Tone Records 1992
Sanctuary (CD, Album)   Mode 1995
Swarm Of Drones (2xCD) Soli Deo Gloria Asphodel 1995
Tosca Salad (CD)   Deep Listening 1995
Klangräume - Live In Der Balver Höhle (CD, Album) Hommage À Seraphina, ... Network Medien 1996
Self Portrait (CD, Album)   Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) 1996
Suspended Music (CD)   Periplum 1997
(Voices) (CD, Album) Approaches And Departures Metatron Press 1998
Musicworks 70: Listener As Composer As Listener (CD, Album) Duo For Accordion And ... Musicworks 1998
Non-Stop Flight (CD, Album)   Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1998
The Light Of Falling Cars (CD, Album) Trio, Duo JDK Productions 1998
Musicworks 74: Soundscape Minimalism (CD) The Space Between Musicworks 1999
Musicworks 75: On The Brink Of A New Millenium (CD, Comp) Pauline's Solo Musicworks 1999
Automatic Inscription Of Speech Melody (CD, Album)   Institute For Electronic Arts, Deep Listening 2000
Flower After Flower (CD) Fractal 2, Human Begin... Tzadik 2000
Musicworks 76: Changing The Score (CD, Album) Primordial Lift (Excerpt) Musicworks 2000
ReVoicings (CDr, Album)   Deep Listening 2000
River Sounding (CDr, Album) A Vision Of The Primor... Deep Listening 2000
Bright And Dusty Things (CD)   New Albion 2001
Eiserner Schmetterling (CDr, Mini)   Magic If 2001
Apollo And Marsyas: Het Apollohuis 1980-1997 An Anthology Of New Music Concepts (2xCD) Untitled Het Apollohuis / Apollo Records 2002
Live At CNMAT 2002 (CD)   Deep Listening 2002
Optometry (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Asphalt (Tome II) Thirsty Ear 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) I (Excerpt) Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Vinyl Document #1 (LP) Slip Static Elevator Bath 2002
soundCd no. 1 (2xCD, Album) Below The Clouds, Paul... soundNet recordings 2002
Lung Cleaner (CD) Coughing The Lung Cleaner Anomalous Records 2003
Music From The ONCE Festival 1961-1966 (5xCD, Album, Comp + Box) Applebox Double New World Records 2003
Recording Field, H (DVD-V)   Deep Listening 2003
The Space Between (CD)   482 Music 2003
Unquenchable Fire (CD, Album)   Deep Listening 2003
From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979 (2xCD, Comp, RM) The Tuning Meditation Orange Mountain Music 2004
Maritime Rites (2xCD, Album) Rattlesnake Mountain New World Records 2004
Desert Ambulance (LP, Ltd) Desert Ambulance Locust Music 2006
Voice Coil (CD, Album, Gat) Voice Coil, Frozen Spe... Deep Listening 2008
M.O.O.T. (7", Dem) M.O.O.T. - Music Of Ou... Columbia  
Untitled (File, MP3, 80 )   Not On Label (George Marsh Self-released)  
Tracks Appear On:
New Sounds In Electronic Music (LP) I Of IV Odyssey 1967
Extended Voices ◄ (2 versions) Sound Patterns Odyssey ... 1968
20th Century Choral Music (LP) Sound Patterns Ars Nova Ars Antiqua Recordings 1969
New Music For Woodwinds (LP) Trio For Flute, Piano ... Advance Recordings (2) 1973
New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media (LP, Comp) Bye Bye Butterfly 1750 Arch Records 1977
Sleepers (LP, Comp) Lullaby For Daisy Pauline Finnadar Records 1985
Vor Der Flut (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Watertank Software, Th... Eigelstein Musikproduktion 1985
Women Voicing (Cass, Comp, C45) Talking Bottles And Bo... Musicworks 1985
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Alien Bog (Excerpt) Mills College 1986
Starting All Observations From Scratch (Cass, Comp, C45) Introduction (The Blaz... Musicworks 1986
CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 7: Compositions By Neil B. Rolnick, Pauline Oliveros, Julie Kabat, Barton McLean & Joel Chadabe (CD, Comp) Lion's Tale Centaur Records 1990
Musicworks 45 (Cass, Comp, C90) Dream Horse Spiel Musicworks 1990
SoundViews Volume One: Sources (Cass, Comp, C90) No More Fear ¿What Next? Recordings, SoundViews 1990
Sounding The New Violin (CD, Album) Portrait Of Malcolm ¿What Next? Recordings 1991
Utopia Americana (CD, Album, Comp) A Woman Sees How The W... New Tone Records 1992
Electro Acoustic Music V (CD) II Of IV Neuma Records 1996
Halana 2 (CD, Comp) Ghostdance: Procession Halana 1996
IDEAMA Target Collection 140 (CD) Seven Passages, Alien Boy Zentrum Für Kunst Und Medientechnologie 1996
Klangräume - Live In Der Balver Höhle (CD, Album) Hommage À Seraphina, ... Network Medien 1996
Miaow (CD) In The Shadow Of The P... Wire Magazine 1996
Self Portrait (CD, Album) Portrait Of The Quinte... Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) 1996
New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media. Women In Electronic Music - 1977 (CD, Comp) Bye Bye Butterfly Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) 1997
Musicworks 70: Listener As Composer As Listener (CD, Album) Duo For Accordion And ... Musicworks 1998
Resonance Volume 7 Number 1: Maverika (CD, Album) Deep Listening (For LMC) London Musicians' Collective 1998
Goodbye 20th Century ◄ (2 versions) Six For New Time - For... Sonic Youth Records 1999
Musicworks 74: Soundscape Minimalism (CD) The Space Between Musicworks 1999
Musicworks 75: On The Brink Of A New Millenium (CD, Comp) Pauline's Solo Musicworks 1999
RiverRun (2xCD, Comp) Humayun's Tomb WERGO 1999
The MIX/Selections From The MIXing Sound Art Festival (CD, Album) Untitled Artemesia Gallery 1999
Immersion (DVD) Sayonara Sirenade 20/21 Starkland Recordings 2000
Lockers (12") Catch Me ERS 2000
Musicworks 76: Changing The Score (CD, Album) Primordial Lift (Excerpt) Musicworks 2000
Musicworks 78: Gesture And Interaction (CD, Album) Lullaby For Daisy Pauline Musicworks 2000
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (Comp, Album) ◄ (2 versions) Bye Bye Butterfly Ellipsis Arts 2000
Oasis: Music From Mills 2001 (CD, Album, Comp) Continuing Variations Mills College 2001
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001 (2xCD) A Little Noise In The ... Sub Rosa 2002
Apollo And Marsyas: Het Apollohuis 1980-1997 An Anthology Of New Music Concepts (2xCD) Untitled Het Apollohuis / Apollo Records 2002
New York, New Sounds, News Spaces, 2002 (CD, Smplr, Ext) Untitled (During Show ... Not On Label 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) I (Excerpt) Mute Records Ltd. 2002
soundCd no. 1 (2xCD, Album) Below The Clouds, Paul... soundNet recordings 2002
Music From The ONCE Festival 1961-1966 (5xCD, Album, Comp + Box) Applebox Double New World Records 2003
From The Kitchen Archives - New Music New York 1979 (2xCD, Comp, RM) The Tuning Meditation Orange Mountain Music 2004
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (DVD) Bye Bye Butterfly Ellipsis Arts 2005
New Music For Electronic & Recorded Media. Women In Electronic Music - 1977 (CD, Comp, RE) Bye Bye Butterfly New World Records 2006
Liquid Architecture 8 (CD, Promo) Pea(ce) Soup Liquid Architecture (Australia) 2007
Mandorla Autumn Tunes Net-Collection Vol. 2 (File, MP3, Comp) Hidden Forest Mandorla Netlabel 2007
Electric Brain Storms Vol.2 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Processions The Pod Room 2008
Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts And Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives (CD, Album, Mixed) The First Set Area 4 (... Sub Rosa 2008
Sound Unbound. Sampling Digital Music And Culture (CD, Album, Mixed) The First Set Area 4 (... The MIT Press 2008
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001 (3xLP, Comp, Ltd) A Little Noise In The ... Sub Rosa 2009
Tellus #27: Mini-Mall (CD, Comp) Time Piece (Excerpt) Tellus  
Unofficial Releases:
Creelpolation 1 (3xCDr) M.O.O.T. - Music Of Ou... Creel Pone 2006
User Reviews:
Alastis, Mar 19, 2006

Who would wouldve thought that such instrument as accordion which is almost forgotten in modern music, might sound this eerie. Pauline Oliveros creates long and melancholic pieces by using accordion and some electronic effects. The results might make almost any non-believer blush. Unfortunately, innovative ideas and virtuosity doesnt always mean recognition. Ms. Oliveros has been quietly doing her thing for more than 30 years now and shes still active as of today. Most likely, her work will be remembered as some of the most important, but ultimately underrated and misunderstood in the field of avantgarde music of the late 20th /early 21st century.

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