Dolmen Music

Dolmen Music is a 1981 studio album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk recorded over two sessions in March 1980 and January 1981 and released on the ECM New Series—her first of twelve releases for the label.

Background

DJ Shadow sampled "Dolmen Music" on the track "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Endtroducing..... (1996).

Reception

NME named it as the 42nd best album of 1981. In 2017, NPR placed it at number 147 on its list of the "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.

• Meredith Monk — voice, piano
• Collin Walcott — percussion (tracks 1-4), violin (tracks 1-4)
• Steve Lockwood — piano (track 3)
• Andrea Goodman — voice (track 5)
• Monika Solem — voice (track 5)
• Paul Langland — voice (track 5)
• Robert Een — voice (track 5), cello (track 5)
• Julius Eastman — voice (track 5), percussion (track 5)

References

External links

• Dolmen Music at Discogs (list of releases)