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CD CATALOG

100 CADENCES
with four melodies, a chorale, and coda (with bells on!)
Music by Arthur Jarvinen, performed by the Formalist Quartet.
This work was composed in memory of Stephen "Lucky" Mosko, and was beautifully recorded by the Formalist Quartet at Lou Harrison's straw bale house in
Joshua Tree, California. Its rich sonorities, concentrated focus and instrospective mood will appeal to fans of Feldman and Satie.
LR0901
Playing time 49:46

TRIBAL SONGS OF THE ANDROMEDA
An audio book by Arthur Jarvinen, realized with speech synthesis software and accompanied by the sounds of short wave transmissions.
LR0602
Playing time 46:33

A CONSPIRACY OF CROWS
Music by Arthur Jarvinen.
A work of fasciating textures and sonorities for three oboes, beautifully realized by Katherine Pisaro.
LR0601
Playing time is only 20 minutes, but it's the kind of piece that needs to stand alone.

PAILFACE, blues singer
Blues originals and adaptations by Pailface (a.k.a. Arthur Jarvinen) on vocals, slide guitar, and guitarron, and featuring Midget Waterslavsky (a.k.a. Miroslav Tadic) on guitars.
LR0302
Playing time 24:03 (Okay, so it's kind of short. But there's lots of liner notes!)
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ENDLESS BUMMER
Three instrumental surf ballads by Arthur Jarvinen, exquisitely interpreted by guitarist Miroslav Tadic, with Jarvinen on electric bass, Hammond Solovox, and voice.
LR0301
Playing time: 30:29
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PEDRO JESUS ORTA, omo aña
with Luca Brandoli and Robert Fernandez
An exciting concert recording of an unusual event - a public performance of ceremonial music from the Afro-Cuban religious tradition by one of its most revered practitioners and two of his most accomplished students.
LR0202
Playing time: 34:56
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SGT. PEKKER
29 humorous songs in the manner of the Beatles, by Arthur Jarvinen as John Paul Pope, Jean-Paul Fabb, Audman Aoudt, and Otto DaFaye.
LR0201
Playing  time 56:28
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