CD released in 2000 with a performance Oliveros made with David Grubbs on Harmonium and Tony Conrad on electric violin among others. It was recorded in 1998 in Hallwalls, Buffalo. Thick waves of sound and dense drones surround you as you listen and the instruments become one wall of pulsating sound.
Oliveros herself on the making of these pieces: “The guiding metaphor of Primordial Lift structures the musicians’ performances, mirroring the resonate frequency of the earth and its acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz and beyond. In 1994 the frequency was already at 8.6 and 13hz will be achieved by 2010, at which point the magnetic fields of the earth will pass through a zero point and a polar shift will occur. The acceleration from 7.8 to 13hz is ‘Primordial’ 13hz and beyond is ‘Lift’.”