Ruth White - [Flowers of Evil 1969] Evening Harmony

[runitecastle]

Look. Coming down the blood river. What is it, you say? I heard an old man once refer to it as an "error". No-one knows what they were originally. Something which broke or which couldn't be translated during the great change. In the world we're in now, we cannot even imagine what it might once have been. That shape no longer exists.

[dg3660]

The poems Ruth White recites are The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, one of the greatest works of French literature! I loved this record when I got it from a friend around 1979 but someone stole it and I cannot find it anywhere. Many of the pieces from the album are now uploaded her but not the entire thing in order. If you have it, maybe you could upload it all.

[rbcastillo]

Ruth White lived with George and Boski Antheil in 1950-1952 while a student at UCLA. George met Ruth through Anna Mahler, daughter of the famous composer. He never charged her for lessons.

[rbcastillo]

I have pictures of Ruth and her Moog ribbon controller taken in 2008 if you are still interested.

[hotnovel]

@rbcastillo i want, send please

[Ghoopty]

All this kind of weird obscure stuff simply MUST BE RE-RELEASED ON CD/VINYL so we can own it.

[Ghoopty]

This has a certain obscure dark magic, fo sho.

[tshhtf]

What year did this come out? Sounds like Throbbing Gristle before Throbbing Gristle, especially the spoken word vib over the top of innovative electronic synth soundscapes

[retrorob2]

I WANT THIS RECORD!!! Anyone who has the LP to sell put it on ebay for me!

[pucznik]

hey, go to wordpress and look up cottoncandycastles. you'll find all you want, and yes, she is still actively kicking, and working on an opera

[3inchhorse]

Do you think the part at the beginning is a cover of something? It sounds like it might be

[solanaceaesolarium]

such lovely interpretations of baudelaire's work~!...much respect and thanks to ruth white. thank you for posting synthastia...this is a joy!

[TrevorCurnow]

YEEAAAHHH BUMP THIS SHIT!!!

[patcharisma]

Does she have a connection to "Fifty Foot Hose"? They were both on Limelight & used similair synths... (Pat, Switzerland)

[LawOVonE]

Merci !!! ✰✰✰✰✰✢ You have Great Blog, synthastia. Respect 110%.

I'm Old Skool Synth too... Analogue all the Way.

[LFORSK]

very very cool post...

[autopc7]

I dont feel scared at all

[elektrobi]

just wait until about 2'10", turn up the volume and turn off the light

[synthastia]

2:10 with ":" so it's clickable. :)

[elektrobi]

ah, cool feature :) thx

[NastyBadBird]

Did you ever find Ruth White? My great-uncle said that he worked with her at EMI in the 70s and lost track of her. Said she was very nice and a student of George Antheil for a while. He thinks she's still alive in California. He has all her stuff from EMI because they'd get it for free. She did a really nice version of Les Barricades Mysterieuses.

[ZombieMika]

@NastyBadBird would you be able to share this stuff? i would love to hear more of her work

[KATTHUNDER]

this is rare...thanks

[synthastia]

I'll tell you what's rare.....a picture and bio of this woman....or man! I can't find a thread of information on her anywhere without pulling up a million other Ruth Whites. If anyone out there has any information please drop me a line or comment. It would be so unique and rare to me I'd have to dedicate a whole blog post to the discovery.

[sergiovonlee]

Me too. did you ever find any information on her?

[jw199393]

Listening to ruth white is so crazy. I only do at the best times to savor its goodness, but i always listen to this track

[toxee]

Yes they are! Definitely gonna post some more Ruth White soon.

[hypnosfera1980]

Wow amazing track , lover´s wine and the clock are awesome too ...