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A New York City-based experimental string quartet active throughout the 1980's. Members of the quartet were exclusively masked - any consistency in regards to personnel is therefore difficult to determine. The group collaborated often within the downtown | A New York City-based experimental string quartet active throughout the 1980's. Members of the quartet were exclusively masked - any consistency in regards to personnel is therefore difficult to determine. The group collaborated often within the downtown | ||
[[no-wave]] | [[no-wave|No Wave]] | ||
scene, contributing strings to music by the | scene, contributing strings to music by the | ||
[[esd]] | [[esd|Electric Snow Dream]] | ||
and | and | ||
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[[error]] | [[error|Stockhausen]] | ||
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[[error]] | [[error| Helikopter-Streichquartett]] | ||
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[[helicopter-fetish]] | [[helicopter-fetish|helicopter fetishization]] | ||
prevalent in the cultural zeitgeist. | prevalent in the cultural zeitgeist. | ||
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Revision as of 23:45, 11 March 2024
Illuminati Quartet
Ω
A New York City-based experimental string quartet active throughout the 1980's. Members of the quartet were exclusively masked - any consistency in regards to personnel is therefore difficult to determine. The group collaborated often within the downtown
No Wave
scene, contributing strings to music by the
Electric Snow Dream
and
<a href="../neon-babylon/">
Neon Babylon
</a>
, among others. As a solo entity, the Illuminati Quartet (IQ) focused its energies primarily on both modern and medieval music - recording work Purcell
error
,
alban-berg
error
, and, perhaps most notably,
Stockhausen
, whose
Helikopter-Streichquartett
became a staple of the group
1
.
1 Its popularity perhaps more widely attributable to the helicopter fetishization prevalent in the cultural zeitgeist.