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DISCID=670af906
DTITLE=Grateful Dead / Grayfolded - Disc 2 of 2
DYEAR=1995
DGENRE=rock
TTITLE0=Transilence
TTITLE1=73rd Star Bridge Sonata
TTITLE2=Cease Tone Beam
TTITLE3=The Speed of Space
TTITLE4=Dark Matter Problem + Every Leaf is Turning
TTITLE5=Foldback Time
EXTD=Grayfolded - Disc 2 of 2\n1995 Swell/Artifact\n\nProduced and Ass
EXTD=embled by John Oswald\n\nOriginally Released September 15, 1995\n
EXTD=\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: "Dark Star" is a sort of loose, free-form ja
EXTD=m that plays a pivotal role at Grateful Dead shows, and it's been
EXTD= anywhere between five and 55 minutes in length. Toronto-based so
EXTD=und chemist John Oswald is known for his editing style of "plunde
EXTD=rphonics," whereby he builds a dense collage of pre-existing reco
EXTD=rded material to create jaw-dropping murals (for a definitive tas
EXTD=te, find his pop-blitzkrieg import album Plexure). In the late '9
EXTD=0s, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh took some Oswald records to t
EXTD=he rest of his band which, for one reason or another, had a match
EXTD= of aesthetics. It was decided that Oswald would be given free re
EXTD=ign over 25 years of live "Dark Star" concert footage to create a
EXTD= definitive version of the piece for compact disc -- which quickl
EXTD=y became two compact discs. As with the typical performances of t
EXTD=he song, this CD simmers to life quite passively. It's as if the 
EXTD=musicians (and Oswald) are all quietly throwing phrases around, w
EXTD=aiting for something to stick. Patient listeners are rewarded aro
EXTD=und 40 minutes into the first disc, as more discernible themes st
EXTD=art rearing their heads. "Fault Forces" takes a visceral stand wi
EXTD=th its overlapping train wrecks of fuzzy guitar burnouts, which g
EXTD=ive way to syncopated Weather Report rhythms and stoned Santana r
EXTD=iffs. On the heels of this comes "The Phil Zone," a strange littl
EXTD=e showcase for Lesh where the bass guitar buzzes and growls with 
EXTD=feedback. The oddities continue with "La Estrella Oscura," stagge
EXTD=ring about like a hippie flamenco dancer. Disc A (aka "Transitive
EXTD= Axis") closes with "Recedes (While We Can)," a lean, straight-ah
EXTD=ead groove that washes out into a cavernous void. In and of thems
EXTD=elves these passages may not seem like anything special, but the 
EXTD=comparative increase in structure is certainly appreciated. Disc 
EXTD=two, or "Mirror Ashes," continues shapeshifting between Woodstock
EXTD= blurriness and more cohesive moments, but it all fades away into
EXTD= murky, faceless, rumbling ambience at around the 15-minute mark,
EXTD= with "Cease Tone Beam," a piece that drifts out of the atmospher
EXTD=e and straight into Kubrick's monolith "beyond the infinite" (thi
EXTD=s would be an especially bad time for the drugs to be peaking). T
EXTD=he familiar sounds do return in time, rising to a multi-layered d
EXTD=rum cluster overdub at the start of "Dark Matter Problem," a sort
EXTD=-of finale-flavored version of the rock noodlings that have sprou
EXTD=ted intermittently for the past hour and a half. Along with exten
EXTD=sive editorial commentary by ethnomusicologist Rob Bowman, there 
EXTD=are detailed wave-file charts in the liner notes that itemize and
EXTD= time-stamp all the concert footage excavated for each passage. T
EXTD=his is both a much-needed piece of the puzzle and a fascinating r
EXTD=ead. This double disc is a masterwork that belies all the effort 
EXTD=that went into it. Due to the nebulous and organic raw material (
EXTD=and Oswald's delicacy with it), Grayfolded 1969-1996 rarely shows
EXTD= its cut-and-paste seams. This may actually disappoint some eager
EXTD= plunderphonic fans by how smoothly it flows. Conversely, some Gr
EXTD=ateful Dead fans may clutch their hearts in reverence, as if the 
EXTD=band simply played a straight hour-and-45-minute song. The casual
EXTD= listener without the enlightenment of liner notes may dismiss it
EXTD= as meandering, and scholarly audiophiles may identify the quirks
EXTD= and technical magic the further along one gets. Ultimately, ever
EXTD=y opinion has some validity. Whether you're a Grateful Dead fan o
EXTD=r an Oswald fan, you will likely have your loyalty tested, since 
EXTD=it's such an epic and unique recording for both. It may be a bit 
EXTD=much to call this a "controversial" album, but it does call atten
EXTD=tion to the study of music as much as the performance of it. -- G
EXTD=lenn Swan\n\nAmazon.om Product Description\n1995 Canadian release
EXTD= featuring the deleted 'Grayfolded Vol.1' & an hour long mix of '
EXTD=Dark Star' comprised of bits fromover 100 performances of the tun
EXTD=e in conjunction with the25th anniversary of it by John 'Mr. Plun
EXTD=derphonics' OSWALD.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHead Music for
EXTD= Deadheads, April 1, 2007\nReviewer: R. C. L. Olson\nIf you just 
EXTD=like the down-home, country-sounding aspect of the Grateful Dead'
EXTD=s music, this probably isn't the album for you. But if you love t
EXTD=he spacy, swirling, improvisational aspect (think "Dark Star" on 
EXTD=Live Dead), this DEFINITELY is the album for you. Pick a quiet ni
EXTD=ght, settle back in your favorite chair with your earphones and a
EXTD= nice buzz (from whatever), close your eyes, and feast your brain
EXTD=! RATING: 5 "DARK" STARS!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nThis 
EXTD=is something else, but a good something..., February 23, 2006\nRe
EXTD=viewer: G. Sharik "gnshar01" (Athens, GA)\nLet me start off by sa
EXTD=ying that Greyfolded is NOT what you might think it is...the ulti
EXTD=mate Dark Star. It is far from it. That said, however, it is a wo
EXTD=rk of intense complexity, dexterity, and an amazing knowledge of 
EXTD=the material. It was put together in much the same way that Anthe
EXTD=m was done; that is, from various live performances of the Dead, 
EXTD=except that Greyfolded is done so to the nth degree. As others ha
EXTD=ve noted here, it is performed with an "orchestra" of the various
EXTD= Grateful Dead bands across time, faded in and out to often devas
EXTD=tating psychedelic effect. There is even a chart at the back of t
EXTD=he booklet showing where all of the differing performances come i
EXTD=n and out. Greyfolded is like an alloy of these performances, pro
EXTD=ducing a final product with its own properties. \n\nSince Grayfol
EXTD=ded is its own work, it is not the happy Darkstar that I like to 
EXTD=bliss out on for 20 minutes at a time. However, it is nearly 2 tw
EXTD=o hours of intense Darkstar-based music and sounds, all performed
EXTD= by the Dead according to the meticulous arranging and puzzle-fit
EXTD=ting efforts of John Oswald. For someone out there looking for th
EXTD=e ultimate Darkstar, go elsewhere. However, if you want a really 
EXTD=interesting experimental GD extraganza, pick this up! Because thi
EXTD=s doesn't deliver the ecstatic punch that Darkstar delivers, I on
EXTD=ly give this record 4 stars out of 5. However, this IS still an a
EXTD=mazing work.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nTime Travel, Decem
EXTD=ber 10, 2002\nReviewer: William Wood (Sydney, New South Wales Aus
EXTD=tralia)\nFor Dark Star fans(and I understand there are a few of u
EXTD=s)this is IT(so far).\nAlmost two hours of the Dead doing what th
EXTD=ey did best,improvising.This is John Oswalds "version" if you wil
EXTD=l of the ultimate Dark Star.He has taken over a hundred hours of 
EXTD=tapes from the Dead Vaults ,all of performances of Dark Star and 
EXTD=compiled ,segued and overdubbed a symphony of the Dead.The most a
EXTD=mazing thing is that although this set covers a thirty year times
EXTD=pan it sounds so perfect and so cohesive that it defies logic.It 
EXTD=is as if we owned a time machine instead of a compact disc player
EXTD= as we hear Jerry Garcia in 1971 duelling with Jerry Garcia in 19
EXTD=91.This is the most exciting music I have heard since I bought th
EXTD=e King Crimson ProjeKCs box set.\nYou know you need this set!.\n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nFantasy Illusion Dream, March 27, 
EXTD=2002\nReviewer: rubidium84 (Ft. Calhoun, NE)\nA lot of people in 
EXTD=other reviews say that this disc doesn't sound like the "real" da
EXTD=rk star as played by the Grateful Dead back in the '70s. Well, it
EXTD='s not. This is a JOHN OSWALD album - NOT a Grateful Dead album. 
EXTD=What Oswald did was use parts of the Dead playing "Dark Star" to 
EXTD=create his own piece.\nAnd what a piece he created. Nearly two ho
EXTD=urs of seamless music, and all of it sounding like the paintings 
EXTD=of Jackson Pollock, or the ultimate pipe dream. My favorite momen
EXTD=ts are the end of disc 1 and the beginning of disc 2, especially 
EXTD=the feedback solo on "The Phil Zone". And how about the transitio
EXTD=n from "73rd Star Bridge" into "Cease Tone Beam"? Great stuff.\nI
EXTD=n some pressings of disc 2, there are three minutes of extra musi
EXTD=c hidden before the Multiple Garcias shout "transitive nightfall 
EXTD=of diamonds". To find them, start the disc and as soon as the CD 
EXTD=starts playing, hold down the "Reverse search" button on your CD 
EXTD=player. The thing that shows the time will start counting backwar
EXTD=ds until it shows -3:02. When it does, release your finger and li
EXTD=sten.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nNot Better Than the Real 
EXTD=Thing, December 2, 1999\nReviewer: Michael D. Sobota "Michael" (D
EXTD=ela-Where?)\nIn accordance with most of the other reviews, this a
EXTD=lbum is based on a cool concept, and it does seem to transport yo
EXTD=u to wherever it was the Dead took you when they created these so
EXTD=unds, it falls a bit short of what it could have been. I picked u
EXTD=p this set in '94, and it's great music to listen to in the dark,
EXTD= but there are better full versions of "Dark Star" already availa
EXTD=ble. I've listed to many versions of this song, but in all honest
EXTD=, if you've heard the version from '69's "Live Dead", it doesn't 
EXTD=get better than that.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nBuild a b
EXTD=etter Dark Star?, November 16, 1999\nReviewer: Noah Zingarelli (a
EXTD=ndrulis@aol.com) (Long Island, New York)\nNothing is as transport
EXTD=ational as a true Dark Star, but this melding of Dark Stars is de
EXTD=finately worth listening to. Seemlessly woven through 2 discs is 
EXTD=some of the finest sounds the Dead ever created during the hundre
EXTD=ds of Dark Stars they played throughout their career. Pop this di
EXTD=sc in if you're driving through the mountains or watching the sun
EXTD=set over the ocean, star gazing with some friends, watching a ful
EXTD=l moon rise. You won't be disappointed. It will take you there\n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW \nAmbient timewarp, January 12, 2007
EXTD=\nReviewer: Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK)\nIt could be argued that t
EXTD=he first ever plunderphonics record was the Grateful Dead's Anthe
EXTD=m Of The Sun from 1969. In this they overlaid studio techniques i
EXTD=nvolving overdubs, phasing, echo, backward tapes, pitch and speed
EXTD= shifting onto a complex collage of live concert performances tha
EXTD=t centered on That's It For The Other One, which was itself super
EXTD=imposed over a skeletal studio rhythm track. Therefore it is espe
EXTD=cially fitting that the acknowledged master of the medium, John O
EXTD=swald, should devote this two-disc set to a single piece by the G
EXTD=rateful Dead. \n\nDark Star is best known in its elongated form o
EXTD=n the album Live/Dead, the only Grateful Dead record owned by Joh
EXTD=n Oswald at the start of this project (an extract of the Live/Dea
EXTD=d version also appeared in the film Zabriskie Point). The song be
EXTD=gan life as a sub-three minute single recorded during the session
EXTD=s for Anthem Of The Sun, but its suitability as a jumping-off poi
EXTD=nt for extended instrumental experimentation led to it becoming a
EXTD=n on and off stage favourite for over twenty-five years; and sinc
EXTD=e the Dead (and kerzillion bootleggers) made audio documents of a
EXTD=ll their concerts, a vast archive of over 100 performances was av
EXTD=ailable as source material for John Oswald's 1995 piece, Grayfold
EXTD=ed. Forty hours' worth of these were digitally transferred to use
EXTD= on the project. \n\nUsing samples as short as one quarter of a s
EXTD=econd and rarely longer than 15 seconds, the resulting Grayfolded
EXTD= is an extraordinary technical and sonically hallucinatory time-w
EXTD=arped achievement, reconstructed from performances of Dark Star d
EXTD=ating between January 1968 and September 1993. Each disc comprise
EXTD=s one complete assembled and perfectly lysergic performance that 
EXTD=never was, the first disc being Transitive Axis and the second en
EXTD=titled Mirror Ashes, each with their own subtle conceptual distin
EXTD=ctions. \n\nSince the early seventies, in his plunderphonic piece
EXTD=s, John Oswald has tried to amplify the qualities that were most 
EXTD=striking to him in the work of the artists he was plundering. In 
EXTD=the case of the Dead, this was their extended live playing style.
EXTD= Consequently, by exaggerating the length of the piece Dark Star 
EXTD=while attempting furthermore to translate the complete feel of th
EXTD=e Grateful Dead live experience into an ambient dance outer-space
EXTD= type of record, he has created a virtual super-real definition o
EXTD=f what Dark Star is. \n\nThe piece was commissioned by the Gratef
EXTD=ul Dead and when Phil Lesh commented that he would like to hear m
EXTD=ore of Oswald's landmark "folding" effects, he added to Mirror As
EXTD=hes for his benefit a two second clip whereby the whole hour of T
EXTD=ransitive Axis was heard, having been folded 16,384 times. This i
EXTD=s just one example of the obsessively complex nature of the const
EXTD=ruction of this sublime work. \n\nEssential to any Deadhead colle
EXTD=ction, this is a record that can both be listened to intently, en
EXTD=veloped by headphones, as I would ideally recommend, or ignominio
EXTD=usly made to function ambiently, Eno-style, as background music t
EXTD=o aid household or office chores, or in the car. It also has wond
EXTD=erfully expansive liner notes by Rob Bowman, and comprehensive ti
EXTD=me-maps, showing from where each sample was taken.\n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW \nNot for the Neophyte, December 21, 2001\nRevi
EXTD=ewer: "pj_in_dc" (NoVa)\nI first started grooving on the Dead in 
EXTD=high school (mid-70s) and it took me a LONG time to really grow t
EXTD=o love The Dark Star, put off by most of the late 60s and 70s ver
EXTD=sions which tended to have godawful-only-good-if-you-were-there-o
EXTD=ut-of-your-gourd feedback segments. I think the Dead were, too, w
EXTD=hich is why it was retired for a long stretch.\nAnyway, as I got 
EXTD=older and digital technology allowed easily skipping past the par
EXTD=ts one didn't like as much, The Star began to really resonate wit
EXTD=h me. It has never been a tune for the faint of heart or those wh
EXTD=o require a tune and a hook. It is an amazing composition which t
EXTD=he Dead never managed to exhaust...enter Oswald.\n\nI picked this
EXTD= up when it first came out and have had the same love/hate relati
EXTD=onship with this disc. Technologically, what Oswald has done is m
EXTD=indblowing; the Dead's contribution is even more mindblowing. It 
EXTD=lives up to its billing in the liner notes as the ultimate Dark S
EXTD=tar, the one that everyone secretly hoped to hear. However, this 
EXTD=disc probably takes a long time to grow to love, and depending on
EXTD= where your head is when you listen to it, it will alternately as
EXTD=tound you and aggravate you. If you are patient and a lover of al
EXTD=l things "spacey," then this is a good disc for you. If you're ju
EXTD=st getting started, take the other reviewer's advice to turn arou
EXTD=nd and run like hell in the other direction.\n\nshall we go...?\n
EXTD=\n\nHalf.com Details \nDistributor: Phantom Import Distributi \nR
EXTD=ecording Mode: Stereo \nSPAR Code: n/a \n\nAlbum Notes\nRecorded 
EXTD=between 1968 and 1993. Includes liner notes by Rob Bowman.\nCanad
EXTD=ian version features the previously deleted GRAYFOLDED VOL. 1, an
EXTD=d the 60-minute "Dark Star" comprised of excerpts from over 100 p
EXTD=erformances of the song.\nGRAYFOLDED is a massively overdubbed so
EXTD=und collage based around the Grateful Dead's epic "Dark Star," a 
EXTD=prime vehicle for the band's free-form improvisations. It is cull
EXTD=ed from over fifty different live performances of the song, combi
EXTD=ned and reassembled through studio-ace John Oswald's "Plunderphon
EXTD=ics" techniques.\n\nIndustry Reviews\nIncluded on Jon Pareles' li
EXTD=st of the Top 10 Albums of '95 - ...an extended, time-warped psyc
EXTD=hedelic jam that is meticulously hallucinatory...\nNew York Times
EXTD= (01/06/1996)\n\n4 Stars - Very Good - ...Oswald's work has resul
EXTD=ted in a Deadhead's Midsummer Night's Dream, an expansive, extrem
EXTD=ely psychedelic Dark Star that, like a sonic time machine, seamle
EXTD=ssly traverses various eras of the Dead's multi-decadenal career.
EXTD=..\nDown Beat (03/01/1995)\n\n8 (out of 10) - ...Using the song a
EXTD=s raw material, Oswald has built a symphony....a fitting monument
EXTD= to their mighty excess.\nNME (01/20/1996)\n\n...Oswald's most da
EXTD=ring utilization of his 'plunderphonics' techiniques to date. Ove
EXTD=r 50 performances of the titanic live set-piece 'Dark Star,' span
EXTD=ning the years 1968-1993, were scrambled into a single one-hour-a
EXTD=nd-45-minute mega-version...\nMusician (02/01/1996)
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