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The paperclips and cards inserted between strings for the prepared-harp piece “Primitive” produce a buzzy, less percussive timbre than in prepared-piano versions. There's also one of the noisiest versions of the famous silent piece “4'33”“, thanks presumably to the breeze blowing through the harpstrings, Aeolian-style.
Download: In a Landscape; 4'33“; Dream; Postcard From Heaven
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