Supposed humorist and manager of the Portsmouth Sinfonia, Martin Lewis (http://www.martinlewis.com/) fails to see the significance of %20's zm25 in which John Oswald's z24 (24 orchestral versions of Richard Strauss's 'Also sprach Zarathustra' (aka the 2001 theme) played simultaneously) is combined with the Portsmouth Sinfonia recording.


Here's some histories on the pieces in question:

Richard Strauss's 'Also sprach Zarathustra'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Richard_Strauss)

"Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Eng. Thus Spoke Zarathustra)[1] (Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Op.ogg sample (help·info)) is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical treatise of the same name."

John Oswald's 'z24'
http://lawlesspeter.blogspot.com/2008/05/john-oswald-plunderphonics.html

"On the track ³Z24,² Oswald uses the famous segment of Richard Strauss' epic Also Sprach Zarathustra. This piece has been recorded by hundreds of orchestras, and here he takes a large number of them and plays them simultaneously without adjusting the pitch or tempo. This effect is almost unnoticeable at first, but it becomes strikingly obvious when the timpani enter. The slight differences in the timpanists' tempi and rhythms create a cacophonous cloud of drums. As the second phrase starts, the different tempi cause a type of stretching effect as the next line begins while the previous chords hang over ominously."

Portsmouth Sinfonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Sinfonia

"The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970 ‹ however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them."

zm25 used to be a recording of the juxtaposition of the slurred 'correct' classic recordings with the 'incorrect' classical recording to produce an in-correct recording of classical incorrectness.  

zm25 was posted 2003.07.14.
zm25 aired on WFMU's Kenny G show 2004.10.06. (http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/12799)

We hope that in a reversal of fortune, zm25, will be added to all further distributions of the Portsmouth Sinfonia catalog.

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