Dolmen Music

Dolmen Music
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1981 (1981)
Recorded	March 1980; January 1981
Studio	Hometown Studios, New York City; Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Genre	Contemporary classical music
Length	46:20
Label	ECM New Series 1197
Producer	Collin Walcott, Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Songs from the Hill/Tablet (1979) Dolmen Music (1981) Turtle Dreams (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]

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.[3][4]

Background

DJ Shadow sampled the tracks "Biography" and "Dolmen Music" on the track "Midnight in a Perfect World" from Endtroducing..... (1996).[5]

Reception

NME named it as the 42nd best album of 1981.[6] In 2017, NPR placed it at number 147 on its list of the "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women".[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Meredith Monk

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gotham Lullaby"	4:15
2.	"Travelling"	6:15
3.	"The Tale"	2:47
4.	"Biography"	9:24
5.	"Dolmen Music: Overture and Men's Conclave/Wa-ohs/Rain/Pine Tree Lullaby/Calls/Conclusion"	23:39

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

1. Breece, Michael G. "Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Meredith Monk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
3. "ECM discography". Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
4. Woolfe, Zachary (November 28, 2014). "Meredith Monk Celebrates 50 Years of Work". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
5. "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 20–01". Pitchfork. September 3, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
6. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1981". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
7. "The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women". NPR. July 24, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.

External links

• Dolmen Music at Discogs (list of releases)