“15 VIII 65

day of the antler

from

The Obsidian Ocelot, The Sawmill

and The Blue Sawtooth High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer

Refracting The Legend

of The Dream of The Tortoise

Traversing The 189/98 Lost Ancestral Lake Region

Illuminating Quotients

from The Black Tiger Tapestries

of The Drone of The Holy Numbers”

from

“The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys”

(1964-present)

 

Performed by The Theatre of Eternal Music

La Monte Young : Voice

Marian Zazeela : Voice

Tony Conrad : Violin

John Cale : Viola

 

 

In addition, there is a mysterious thunder-like sound

that makes intermittent appearances throughout this recording.

It is clearly intentional and not part of the recording environment.

It is unknown who contributed this element to the recording

and what “instrument” was used to produce this sound.

It may be some sort of distortion produced by the amplification

system used by John Cale and Tony Conrad.

Or possibly the amplified sound of La Monte’s aquarium motor

or a refridgerator or other source generating a constant hum.

Appears to be pitched considerably lower than the 60 Hz electrical hum

normally present.

 

Recording source unknown.

The first part appeared on the 4-CD “Purple Set”,

with a short edit around the 15:50 minute mark.

 

A recording of what appears to be another separate section,

appears on a 1995 Japanese vinyl LP bootleg

simply entitled “The Theatre of Eternal Music”

and is listed simply as “The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys”.

Same thunder-like sound is present, yet less prominent

and this section is generally less intense than the section from the Purple Set.

Likely an earlier section of the same performance.

 

Likely recorded in NYC.

La Monte Young states that this is a better representation

than “day of niagra” of what was typical

of the work being performed during this time period.