Bryars, Gavin – Sinking Of The Titanic LP hip hop tape machines and synthesizers

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Bryars, Gavin – Sinking Of The Titanic LP hip hop tape machines and synthesizersGavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire, England in 1943. His first musical forays were as a jazz bassist working in the early 1960s with improvisors Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. Bryars later worked with composers John Cage and Cornelius Cardew, founded the Portsmouth Sinfonia and collaborated with Brian Eno on his famed Obscure imprint. The Sinking of the Titanic, Bryars first major composition, was inspired by the tragic event of the British passenger