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This amazing 3-CD set of contemporary sound and text-based music may be just what you need to live a full life. Elliott Sharp set aside his sax and guitar to collect one-minute music and sound works by 171 leading lights of the international avant-garde, both famous and unknown, that represent a vast array of approaches, attitudes, aesthetics, ethnicities, musical styles, and social persuasions. The composers and performers include Alvin Curran, Atau Tanaka, Benjamin Chadabe, Ben Rubin, Carl Stone, Chris Mann, Doug Henderson, Don Ritter, Eric Rosenzveig, Freight Elevator Quartet, GenKen Montgomery, Hans Tammen, Lauren Weinger, Mark Trayle, Martha Mooke, Matt Rogalsky, Nicolas Collins, and many many others. Sharp describes the collection as "concrete, abstract, enraged, objective, caustic, soulful, sardonic, provocative -- all unfiltered, all clear." It's more than that. It's totally enjoyable. Unmissable. A bandwagon you should get on without missing a beat. Play State of the Union 2.001 on Random Shuffle!