{"product_id":"phillip-corner-passage-through-a-ritual","title":"Phillip Corner - Passage Through: A Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hotel is honoured to present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePassage Through: A Ritual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip Corner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s soundtrack to Stan Brakhage’s 1990 film of the same name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter seeing Brakhage’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Riddle of Lumen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e one evening at Anthology Film Archives, Philip Corner went home and, struck by a rush of divine inspiration, started playing the piano into the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorner recorded a tape around \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrancois Couperin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Barricades Mysteriouse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’, a piece he improvised daily as a private spiritual meditation, as Corner was convinced that no other piece until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErik Satie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVexations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “led the breakthrough from material consciousness to enlightenment”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorner sent this tape to Brakhage, who in turn was so moved that he immediately asked Philip if he could ‘set it to film’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePassage Through: A Ritual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, not only an extreme anomaly in both Corner and Brakhage’s oeuvres but undoubtedly one of the most singular works of art ever created by humankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA film which consists almost entirely of a black screen, dominated by the impotence of Corner's piano soundtrack. Brakhage offers us only a handful of moments of vision throughout its 50-minute runtime – or in Joshua Minsoo Kim’s words, “a chance at sight”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition in The Hotel marks not only the first time the soundtrack is widely available to the public, but offers an entirely new way of perceiving the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe LP holds the full unedited soundtrack, whilst the accompanying booklet contains an essay by Joshua Minsoo Kim and frames from the film, recreating the sense of motion and ‘passage’ which Brakhage intended, with flickers of vision miraculously emerging out of deep blackness into the light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE HOTEL","offers":[{"title":"Indies Exclusive LP w\/ A5 booklet","offer_id":60292681793881,"sku":"SDZ-55872","price":36.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20261028_1541_155025_949_v_5056688867591_014.png?v=1793386639","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/phillip-corner-passage-through-a-ritual","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}