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this is the first CD release of Paik's music and the first ever release of the early tape collage pieces that were to inform the video and performance works that he has continued to produce over the last forty years

(SHORT) BIOGRAPHY Nam June Paik, was born in Seoul, Korea in 1932. after a move to Japan, where he studied the work of composer Arnold Schnberg, Paik came to Germany in 1956 to continue his studies in the history of music. his interests soon turned away from the university setting, to less traditional forms of music leading him to the Westdeutsche Rundfunk's Studio for Electronic Music, where Karlheinz Stockhausen was working. to date, there have been only a handful of limited edition lp and cassette releases of Paik's music, primarily documenting collaborative performances with colleagues and friends such as Joseph Beuys and Charlotte Moorman. this is the first CD release of Paik's music and the first ever release of the early tape collage pieces that were to inform the video and performance works that he has continued to produce over the last forty years. NEODADA, CAGE & FLUXUS "Cage recalls tude for Pianoforte's first performance vividly. It is hard to describe why his performances are so terrifying he said not long ago. you get the feeling very clearly that anything can happen, even physically dangerous things. in the tude for Pianoforte, whose premiere was in Mary Bauermeister's studio, Paik played some Chopin on the piano, broke off, weeping, and got up and threw himself on the innards of another eviscerated piano that lay scattered on the floor, then picked up a wickedly long pair of scissors and leaped down to where Cage, the pianist David Tudor and Karlheinz Stockhausen were sitting in the front row. he removed Cage's suit jacket and started to slash away at his .......
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