Paul Bailey: Music for Controllers V (2009)
Paul Bailey: Music for Controllers V
via paul bailey:
“improvisation performed and recorded live created by using various “controllers” (macbookpro, ableton live, korg nanokey, iphone, (buddha machine and srutibox) originally performed on ImprovFriday event. October 16th-17th 2009″
Music for Controllers V by paul bailey
curated by Shane Cadman
Alan Morse Davies: The Sontaran Experiment in the Style of Jóhann Jóhannsson (2009)
The Sontaran Experiment in the Style of Jóhann Jóhannsson
notes via alan:
“Just a bit of fun… I was playing around with how Jóhann Jóhannsson uses little splashes of a melodic motif bound together with big tracts of connective tissue, and I had the idea of linking it with one of my favourite Dr. Who epsiodes where the Sontarans travel back in time to made DaVinci paint multiple copies of the Mona Lisa in order to make themselves rich in the future. The explanation probably over-hypes the result by some order of magnitude.”
alan morse davies (wordpress.com)
curated by paul bailey
thanks also to marc weidenbaum’s excellent site disquiet.com for introducing me to the music of alan morse davies (and many others)
Ben Smith: Improv Friday Jan 29, 2010
Ben Smith: Improv Friday Jan 29, 2010
“Here is an improv from Ben Smith. Ben is an exciting keyboard player with a long and deep interest in improvisation whose influences include Monk and Coltrane. This work was recently posted on the ImprovFriday January 29 event.”
Thomas Bjornseth: Improv Friday 011510
Thomas Bjornseth: Improv Friday 011510
via the composer:
“I always start off with an improvisation, and work out the final piece in midi. Some times there’s a lot of fiddling about, other times I only clean it up a little, which is the case for the Jan. 15th piece. So no big secrets there, but what I try to achieve is a style of improvisation that sounds like it could have been written in the more traditional sense.”
Thomas Bjornseth/atonality.net
curated by Paul Muller
Frank Riddick: Nea Praxis
performed by: Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra (1979-1992)
this groundbreaking group featured compositions by Michael Bayer, Chuck Estes, Douglas Hein, William Houston, Steve Moshier, Frank Riddick, and Lloyd Rodgers. at various times, the orchestra featured musicians Jannine Livingston, harpsichord; John Glenn, bass; Lloyd Rodgers, clarinet and keyboard; Douglas Hein, acoustic guitar; Diana Halpern, violin; Joeseph Goodman, violin; and Michael Baer, violincello
curated by: paul bailey
Drṓwryh Creesp: Tulsan Twilight
Drṓwryh Creesp: Tulsan Twilight
“Formed in 2007. Drṓwryh Creesp is a one man project from Brisbane, Australia. Guitar and piano lie at the centre of the music with the aid of strings, an array of percussion, bass and various others.
Initially called Ulin Vod Naar, and creating dark ambient/industrial sounds, Drṓwryh Creesp changed its direction towards ambient instrumentals and therefore the few works completed as Ulin Vod Naar entered the Drṓwryh Creesp catalogue as an album entitled “Ulin Vod Naar”, as well as the “Beacon” release.”
curated by Shane Cadman
Steve Peters: Mountains Hidden in Mountains (2004)
Steve Peters: Mountains Hidden in Mountains (2004)
“Made in 2004 as a sound installation inside a faux bell tower at the Santa Fe Art Institute. When rung by a visitor, the beater triggers a recording of the bell that fades in imperceptibly as the real sound decays, creating the illusion of an endless tone. The sound changes subtly over 30 minutes (this is a greatly condensed version), slowly mixing in layers of pitch-shifted bell tones that get increasingly lower until they finally evaporate into silence.”
curated by Bruce Hamilton
William Houston: …fulfillment (1982)
from an email by William Houston:
“As I recall, I was listening to a lot of Bruckner at the time. The piece was also influenced by a Michael Bayer piece which I can’t recall the name of at the moment. Maybe Lloyd (Rodgers) remembers. Anyway, the piece was originally called “I Can’t Get no Fulfillment” which words we would occasionally sing in concert (I think). It’s been a long time…”
David Morneau: Where Is Tokyo? (2005)
David Morneau: Where Is Tokyo?
“This piece is the product of a collaboration with choreographer Esther Palmer . My work included the construction of a virtual soundscape as well as a musical score.”
you can read a more detailed description of the dance, stage design, and music here
curated by Bruce Hamilton
