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Charles Joseph Smith - Experimental Works And War Of The Martian Ghosts - Import Vinyl 2 LP Record
Charles Joseph Smith - Experimental Works And War Of The Martian Ghosts - Import Vinyl 2 LP Record
Vinyl Record
Jazz
Experimental/Avantgarde
April 3, 2026
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Catalog No.: SR068LP
JAN/ISBN: 789091611769
Number of Discs: 2
Record Size: 12”
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Charles Joseph Smith
Description:
The definitive collection of recordings by Charles Joseph Smith, a living legend of the DIY music scene. Compiled from Charles’s self-released works spanning 30 years, this collection encompasses concert piano, electro-acoustic experiments, electronic beats, free improvisation, and two instrumental versions of his ever-evolving sci-fi opera *War of the Martian Ghosts* (the 2023 electronic version and the 2018 piano version). Includes a detailed liner notes booklet chronicling the artist’s life and work in approximately 9,000 words. It also features poetry, interviews, quotations, and 30 rare archival photographs.
Tracklisting:
1. Sounds of the Beach - Two Voices (2002)
2. Le Leader Negatif (2008)
3. Beats for Katie S. Rap Song (Revised with No Ondes Martenot) (2012)
4. Selection from First 16-Minute Original Techno Mix with Crossfades (2012)
5. Love Theme (1996)
6. Rubber Band Improvisation (1994)
7. My Days Are Not Over for Me (1993)
8. Experimental Jazz Piano B - Latin (Improvisation) (2013)
9. A Mixture of Musical Styles (1994)
10. The Five Louises (An Experimental Opera) (2008)
1. Dreams of Being Viola
2. Acid Rain
3. Distribution
4. Instrumental Extension of Marching to War (Act 1)
5. War of the Martian Ghosts (2023)
6. Dance in Homage to the Stars Shining at Night
7. Foggy, Cloudy ; a Little Windy
8. 2nd Movement of Jazz Sonata
9. Underscore Music Before Dissolution of Being (Act 2) - Instrumental
10. Dissolution of Being (Act 2) - Orchestral Version
11. Recapitulation - the Rap Scene from Act 2 - Instrumental
12. Butterfly Study in F# Minor
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