Four Horsemen Nada Canadada

Label / Holidays Records
Category / Sound Poetry
Code / HOL 114

Comprised of the poets bpNichol, Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton and Steve McCaffery, all of whom are notable for their solo efforts, The Four Horsemen was Canada’s first sound poetry group, active between 1970 and the late 80s - disbanding following the untimely death of founding member, Barrie Phillip Nichol. Nada Canadada, originally issued in 1972, the album reissued before us now, is their debut recorded outing, making its historical significance unavoidable. Beginning in the realms of radical improvisation, not long after embarking on the project, Four Horsemen began to develop a new scoring method for the group's dynamic and visceral performances, intended to establish a platform for greater freedom of expression. These early group-conceived and written compositions grew into Nada Canadada - nine outbursts of controlled madness dedicated to the memory of Hugo Ball. It remains one the great examples of Canadian sound poetry - the human voice taken to new heights, grown from the notion of community.

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