''Dolmen Music'' is a 1981 studio album by American composer and vocalist

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recorded over two sessions in March 1980 and January 1981 and released on the

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—her first of twelve releases for the label.

Background

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sampled the tracks "Biography" and "Dolmen Music" on the track "

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" from '' Endtroducing.....'' (1996).

Reception

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'' named it as the 42nd best album of 1981. In 2017, NPR placed it at number 147 on its list of the "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes. *

— voice, piano *

Collin Walcott Collin Walcott (April 24, 1945 – November 8, 1984) was an American musician who worked on jazz and world music. Early life Walcott was born in New York City, United States. He studied violin and tympani in his youth, and was a percussion stud ...

— percussion (tracks 1-4), violin (tracks 1-4) *

Steve Lockwood Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen. Notable people A–D * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand politician * Steve Adams (disambiguation), ...

— piano (track 3) *

Andrea Goodman Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

— voice (track 5) * Monika Solem — voice (track 5) *

Paul Langland Paul Langland (born February 6, 1951) is an American dancer, singer, choreographer and Arts Professor at New York University. Career Langland's professional career began in 1972. In his work as a dancer and choreographer he has spanned many di ...

— voice (track 5) *

Robert Een Robert Een (born 1952) is an American composer, cellist, and vocalist. Career Known for his use of extended vocal and cello techniques, Een has recorded eight albums of his compositions and scored several films. He received Bessie Awards for mus ...

— voice (track 5), cello (track 5) *

Julius Eastman Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940 – May 28, 1990) was an American composer. He was among the first composers to combine the processes of some minimalist music with other methods of extending and modifying his music as in some experimental music. ...

— voice (track 5), percussion (track 5)

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1981 albums ECM New Series albums Meredith Monk albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher