Mnemonists Discography of CDs

Mnemonists music CDs The Mnemonists are part of long-standing and somewhat mysterious artistic collective based in Ft. Collins, CO. In the late '80s, the Mnenomist name was permanently attached to the visual artists in the collective, with the name Biota assigned to the musical element. In 1984, however, it seems that this distinction had yet to be made. Five musicians are in this early version of the group, supported by two occasional vocalists who also happen to be responsible for some of the visuals. Conventional instrument -- such as saxophone, clarinet, double bass, viola, and piano -- are employed, as well as shawm and crumhorn, two ancient horns used in Renaissance music. But the specialty of William Sharp, the person probably most responsible for the Mnemonist (and later Biota) sound, is processing and tape work. Almost everything recorded by the two groups is disorienting to one degree or another, with heavy use of unidentified and/or treated ...

Mnemonists discography The body of work of Mnemonists is being reissued at a crawl. Years after ReR Megacorp's remastering of the seminal LP Horde, here comes another fascinating artifact of post-industrial sound art. Gyromancy was recorded in the summer of 1983 by a lineup consisting of Amy and Mark Derbyshire, Karen Nakai, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, and WiIliam Sharp. It came out in 1984. To the two original side-long ...