KMH: Piano Music in the Continuous Mode is the debut album by the pianist Lubomyr Melnyk. It was originally released in 1978 and then re-released by Unseen Worlds in 2007. It is the first recorded example of continuous music.[1]
In the late 1980s, The Village Voice named KMH as one of the "10 albums you can't live without".[4]
In his review of the 2007 re-release, Stephen Eddins (Allmusic) praised Melnyk's performance, saying that it "boggles the imagination" and that it would appeal to "fans of minimalism and maverick experimentalism with an immensely attractive sound."[2] Mike Powell (Pitchfork) described the music as "minimalism at its most lush, ornate, and taxing" and compared it to works by La Monte Young and Erik Satie.[3]
Track listing[]
All music is composed by Lubomyr Melnyk.
LP track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"KMH"
24:50
2.
"KMH"
25:50
Total length:
50:10
CD track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"KMH Pt. 1"
11:45
2.
"KMH Pt. 2"
9:03
3.
"KMH Pt. 3"
10:29
4.
"KMH Pt. 4"
11:05
5.
"KMH Pt. 5"
7:52
Total length:
50:10
References[]
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)