Dolmen Music

Dolmen Music
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	1981
Recorded	March 1980 and January 1981
Genre	Contemporary classical music
Length	46:20
Label	ECM New Series
Producer	Collin Walcott and Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Songs from the Hill/Tablet (1979) Dolmen Music (1981) Turtle Dreams (1983)

Dolmen Music is an album by American composer and vocalist Meredith Monk recorded in 1980-81 and released on the ECM New Series label.^[1]

Hip hop artist DJ Shadow sampled Dolmen Music on the track "Midnight in a Perfect World" from the Endtroducing..... album in 1995.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	A- [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Meredith Monk

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

• • Recorded at Hometown Studios in New York City in March 1980 (track 5), and at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in January 1981 (tracks 1-4)

Personnel

• Meredith Monk — voice, piano
• Collin Walcott — percussion, 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, cello (track 5)
• Julius Eastman — percussion, voice (track 5)

References

1. ECM discography accessed September 20, 2011
2. Christgau, Robert. "Meredith Monk". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.