John Cage’s 4’33” reinterpreted by 58 musicians

[gvopedz]

Has anyone heard this boxset:

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/john-cage-433-mute-box-set/

 

 

[clifford_thornton]

things that don't need to exist for $433, Alex...

[JSngry]

Seriously, read this instead: https://www.amazon.com/No-Such-Thing-Silence-America/dp/0300171293/ref=asc_df_0300171293/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583451663485716&psc=1

The work itself is, in it's totality, profound. A record of it, though, is silly, and a box set is just a scam, albeit a delightfully Dadaist one, up there with this record:

This, however, is worth both your money and your time (no pun intended):

 

 

[ejp626]

The first video with Laibach’s interpretation is suitably pretentious.  https://www.youtube.com/embed/mM90X-9m_Zc 

[gvopedz]

Well, speaking of silence in a record, there is also the "Two Minutes Silence" in the John Lennon/Yoko One album Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions.

[Chuck Nessa]

Ah, residual groove noise. Always a favorite.