Attention Span
Studio album by
Ostertag with Zorn with Frith
Released1990 (1990)
RecordedSeptember – December 1989 (1989-12)
Studio
Various
Genre
Length45:21
LabelRecRec
Bob Ostertag chronology
Voice of America
(1982)		 Attention Span
(1990)		 Sooner or Later
(1991)
Fred Frith chronology
Step Across the Border
(1990)		 Attention Span
(1990)		 Dropera
(1991)
John Zorn chronology
Naked City
(1990)		 Attention Span
(1990)		 Torture Garden
(1991)

Attention Span is a collaborative album by Bob Ostertag, Fred Frith and John Zorn, released in 1990 by RecRec Music.[1][2][3][4][5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Ted Mills of AllMusic said of Attention Span that it is "not as cohesive as some of his other, more conceptual works (sometimes you wonder if the whole thing is a favor to his fellow artists), but certainly not without worth."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Power"Ostertag, Zorn1:07
2."Paper Jam"Ostertag, Zorn0:16
3."Warning"Ostertag, Zorn0:25
4."And Gate"Ostertag, Zorn0:10
5."Necker Cube"Ostertag, Zorn0:56
6."Fold"Ostertag, Zorn1:06
7."Ebb Tide"Ostertag, Zorn0:51
8."Marketing Research"Ostertag, Zorn0:21
9."Fixed Resistor"Ostertag, Zorn0:17
10."Radiant Power"Ostertag, Zorn1:14
11."Depth Reversal"Ostertag, Zorn0:21
12."Dangerous Zone"Ostertag, Zorn0:37
13."Hit the Road"Ostertag, Zorn0:21
14."Smoking"Ostertag, Zorn1:55
15."Waiting"Ostertag, Zorn1:31
16."Electric Flux"Ostertag, Zorn0:36
17."Cocktail Lounge"Ostertag, Zorn0:35
18."Coat Check"Ostertag, Zorn1:05
19."Detour"Ostertag, Zorn0:24
20."Meter"Ostertag, Zorn0:59
21."Circuit Breaker"Ostertag, Zorn1:11
22."Surge Impendence"Ostertag, Zorn0:40
23."Vision"Ostertag, Zorn1:57
24."Black, To a Chimp"Ostertag, Zorn0:20
25."Neon"Ostertag, Zorn1:00
26."Emergency Shop"Ostertag, Zorn3:14
27."Flame"Frith, Ostertag1:54
28."Bone"Frith, Ostertag5:39
29."Jolt"Frith, Ostertag6:03
30."Bolt"Frith, Ostertag4:37
31."Loops"Frith, Ostertag0:56
32."Drowning Offshore"Frith, Ostertag2:43

Personnel

Adapted from the Attention Span liner notes.[7]

Musicians

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Switzerland 1990 RecRec CD ReCDec 33

References

  1. ↑ Rusch, Bob (1995). "Bob Ostertag w/ John Zorn/Fred Frith: Attention Span". Cadence. David Haney: 7. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Dean, R.T. (March 2003). Hyperimprovisation Computer-Interactive Sound Improvisation. A-R Editions. p. 122. ISBN 9780895795083. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ Ostertag, Bob (July 27, 2009). Creative Life: Music, Politics, People, and Machines. McFarland & Company. p. 188. ISBN 9780252076466. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span". CD Review Digest. Peri Press. 6 (4): 410. 1992. ISBN 9781879796096. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ Caras, Tracy; Gagne, Cole (1992). "Interviews with American Composers". Soundpieces 2. Peri Press. 6 (4): 410. ISBN 9780810827103. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Mills, Ted. "Bob Ostertag: Attention Span > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ Attention Span (booklet). Bob Ostertag. Zürich, Switzerland: RecRec Music. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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