Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music

In many ways typical of the early 80's New York Avant Garde, yet this album is namechecked and sampled by DJ's and electronic musicians. Tom and Gav ask, why?

Jul 22, 2022

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Gav’s copy of Dolmen Music by Meredith Monk

Tom’s modern Dolmen that started all this

You often find a Dolmen decorating the landscape of ancient Gaul…

Asterix, Obelix, and Getafix must take shelter under a dolmen for the evening. — …and sometimes even featuring in the history of the Gauls.

Satie’s Vexations… was Meredith Monk there at the 1963 complete performance? Did she stay there long enough to get the show for free?

You never really need an excuse for introducing the Ursonate of Kurt Schwitters into the conversation, but could Monk’s vocalising style have anything to do with this?

DJ Shadow’s 1996 track Midnight in a perfect world is one of the better known uses of a Meredith Monk sample

Death will come for all of us, sooner or later, but if it speaks to me like this, I might have a hard time resisting…

Here's a later interview

...and a recent Guardian article

Tom also mentions this in the Podcast.

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