R.I.P. Hayman composes and performs music with voice, instruments, electronics, and effects for concert, theater, dance, media events, film, and video. Born 1951 in New Mexico, Hayman studied at Columbia University and with John Cage, Ravi Shankar, Chou Wen-chung, Petr Kotik, and Philip Corner. His works have been presented in venues and academies across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has many broadcast credits and his writings have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Ear magazine of which he was a founding and senior editor. Asian sojourns have led to a parallel career as a sinologist and consultant in Chinese cultural affairs. About On the Way..., artist Sari Dienes, then on her deathbed, said “It gives me great comfort.” Also, when visiting Hayman’s studio in 1991, composer John Cage said: “It is very beautiful what I am hearing now.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Additional 3 page fold-out liner notes describing personal near death experience and sound/light installation (at International Association of Near-Death Studies) by R.I.P. Hayman available in CD purchase.
credits
released May 22, 1994
Thanks to: Dr. Richard Ng, Mt. Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore; Drs. Jerry Gliklich and Thomas Bigger, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and Barbara Pollitt for saving my life.
Also to Gayle Young, Musicworks magazine, Toronto, Ont., Canada, the Sari Dienes Foundation, Harvestworks and Studio PASS.
this album is loved so dearly.
reminds me of what i loved about moondog, a vibe that is so seldomly found in music. not to say this is “like moondog” either, bc it is entirely it’s own thing. i listen to this album by accident three times often, before i realize it ended. thank you so much for this. my spirit needed it. js
Cinematic dark ambient music from Melbourne artist Claire Deak that summons shadowy worlds full of mystery & intrigue. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 15, 2023
An exercise in finding the balance between the beauty and the broken, the latest from ’t Geruis wanders gentle soundscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable May 24, 2021
An excellent collaboration yielding melancholic and unsettling looping noise with ethereal vocals, tinged with a bit of 80s horror synth. Highly recommend! cedarshims