Recreating Finnegans Wake [in its Whole Wholume]
We hope you are all safe and healthy, and surviving these crazy times. In addition, we wish to announce the release of three new tracks for the Opendoor Edition of Waywords and Meansigns. Julia Barnes, Julia Henneman, Yung-Tuan Ku and […]
This essay was written by Steve Pantani, a long-time devotee of Finnegans Wake. Finnegans Wake is a maximally unconventional text. So to accompany it with music in a conventional, conservative classical idiom seems an unpromising choice. But I had a […]
A newly resurfaced recording from The Etym and the Ondt has been added to the Opendoor Edition. This a cappella reading — an improvised first-take — was recorded in 2015. It features Henry Anderson, Parker McQueeney, Eli Salus-Kleiner, and Waywords […]
Dear friends of the Wake, We are very happy to release two new tracks for the Waywords and Meansigns Opendoor Edition this spring. The first track is from Dave Stitch, an electronic musician based in the UK. Stitch recorded page […]
Greetings friends of Finnegan! We are very happy to release two new tracks for the Waywords and Meansigns Opendoor Edition this fall. The first track is an alternative electric version from Barry Bender; Bender previously recorded this passage as an […]
In celebration of James Joyce’s birthday today, we’re pleased to release to two new tracks for the Opendoor Edition of Waywords and Meansigns. Both tracks feature unique musical configurations sure to delight: Laura Callier / Brian Costello / Bill MacKay […]
We’re very pleased to announce the latest in the Opendoor Edition, Jean-Hervé Péron and Raphael Byrne‘s simultaneous French and “English” readings of page 165 line 8 through page 168 line 14. The French translation is from Philippe Lavergne, “English” is […]
We’re very excited about the latest additions to the Opendoor Edition of Waywords and Meansigns. This stuff is fantastic. Ulrich Krieger recorded “Finnegans Longstone”, page 538 line 18 through page 540 line 36. Credits — Ulrich Krieger: voice, alto and soprano saxophones, […]
2017 May 4 Release of Waywords and Meansigns We’re delighted to share with you the 2017 release of Waywords and Meansigns. Our Opendoor Edition features 123 recordings spanning 19 hours and 23 minutes from 15 countries. All audio is free […]