The Patient, by Joseph Clayton Mills

The Patient

by Joseph Clayton Mills

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1.	Part I 12:39	buy track
2.	Part II 05:04	buy track
3.	Part III 12:34	buy track
4.	Part IV 04:13	buy track
5.	Part V 03:03	buy track
6.	Part VI 01:46	buy track
7.	Part VII 11:55	buy track

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“During his final illness (tuberculosis of the larynx) at the sanatorium in Kierling, Kafka was not supposed to speak, an injunction he obeyed most of the time. He communicated with Dora Dymant, Robert Klopstock, and others by scribbling notes on slips of paper. Usually these notes were mere hints; his friends guessed the rest.”

—Max Brod

Inspired by and incorporating fragmentary notes written by Franz Kafka on his deathbed to communicate with friends and family, The Patient draws from the texts of these conversation slips for specific imagery, textures, mood, gestures, and instrumentation. The score was initially performed at Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio in the fall of 2012 by Olivia Block (piano/walkie-talkies/objects), Noé Cuéllar (accordion/ psalter/cassette player/ objects), Steven Hess (percussion/cassette player), Joseph Clayton Mills (electronics/ cassette player/objects), and Jason Stein (bass clarinet). Recordings of that performance were subsequently augmented, rearranged, and assembled by Mills into the finished album.

In memory of Rafael Levchin

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released January 11, 2023

Assembled and mixed by Joseph Clayton Mills, Chicago 2012-2013.
Portions of the Patient were recorded live in performance at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on October 20, 2012.
Mastered by Brian Labycz

Originally published by Entr'acte in December 2013 on CD (E167), accompanied by a 56-page book containing the score.

www.entracte.co.uk/joseph-clayton-mills-e167

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Joseph Clayton Mills Chicago, Illinois

Joseph Clayton Mills Is an artist, composer, and performer working at the intersection of language, composition, and archival practice. He is an active participant in Chicago's improvised and experimental music community, where his collaborators have included Adam Sonderberg and Steven Hess (as Haptic), Michael Vallera (as Maar), Noé Cuéllar, Jason Stein, Michael Pisaro, and Olivia Block. ... more

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