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Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932, Houston, Texas, USA - died November 25, 2016) was an American composer, performer and author.
In the early 1960's, Oliveros, along 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 used an accordion which had been re-tuned and the sound altered with the aid of electronics. Throughout the years, she 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 CD's: Alien Bog/Beautiful Soop (Pogus, 1997) and Electronic Works (Paradigm, 1998).
Who would would've 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 doesn't always mean recognition. Ms. Oliveros has been quietly doing her thing for more than 30 years now and she's 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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19 de marzo de 2006