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The Copy of the Drawing

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The Copy of the Drawing was composed in 1992 and first presented at the SCREAM Festival in Los Angeles, and subsequently at the Cal Arts New Music Festival and elsewhere. A sectional, serpentine soundscape charged with a certain abstract mysteriousness—it overlays and chains and weaves a whispering voice with strands of nonverbal, pitched sound. The text is built of fragments—sentences, phrases, and individual words—from twenty-three letters addressed to the scientists at Mt. Wilson Observatory between 1915 and 1935. (These letters are collected in the book No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again, edited by Sarah Simons, published by The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles. The original letters offer intensely personal, often quixotic theories, thoughts, and mysterious revelations on a variety of topics, especially astronomical, cosmological, and theological issues.)

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from Last Things, released January 9, 2001
Janyce Collins, voice
Jim Fox, electronics
Text excerpted from "No One May Ever Have the Same Knowledge Again: Letters to Mt.Wilson Observatory 1915-1935," edited by Sarah Simons, published by The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles. Used by permission of the publisher.
Recorded and mixed by Jim Fox, The Room, Los Angeles, 1992.

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Composer Jim Fox’s usually quiet, slow, lyrical, and unassuming music has been described by critics as “austere” and “ethereal” (The Wire), as well as “sensuous” and “suffused with a beautiful sadness” (Fanfare). He has music on seven Cold Blue releases, and on albums from other labels. “Jim Fox is a singular composer. His music is deep, sparkling, ecstatic, and breathaking.” (John Luther Adams) ... more

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