Paul PANHUYSEN
“Partitas for long strings”

The basic ingredients of Paul Panhuysen’s art, both visual and aural, are all here, and I think that can be fairly well summarized with three words: minimal, rational and libertarian. The partitas are minimal, because there is really only one idea – playing unamplified long strings. They are rational, because as always, Panhuysen has found a way to place a rational structure on top of his work – in this case a form and a tuning system. It is libertarian, because like John Cage, and so many since John Cage, he lets the music do what it wants to do – in this case the wires vibrate however they need to.
Included with the CD is a 32-page booklet which details the history of Paul Panhuysen’s work with installations through pictures and text.