Tony Conrad - Writings

Tony Conrad - Writings / edited by Constance DeJong and Andrew Lampert / ISBN 9780991558513 / 250-page paperback published by Primary Information 2022 *** Essential writings from the downtown New York legend and polymath, pioneer of both structural film and drone music Tony Conrad (1940–2016) was a legendary multidisciplinary artist known for his groundbreaking contributions in experimental film, music, and video. Upon moving to New York City in 1962, he began making music with John Cale, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela in the Theatre of Eternal Music, a group that helped shape what would come to be known as minimalist music. He later went on to perform with Lou Reed in a pre-Velvet Underground band called The Primitives and cut a classic 1972 record with the German Krautrock band Faust that set a new standard for drone music. In the 1960s and 1970s, Conrad was perhaps best known for his contribution to film, where he helped to redefine structural filmmaking with The Flicker and Yell