Samn Johnson Der lindenbaum-Mahler 1 Remix (2011)
Samn Johnson Der lindenbaum-Mahler 1 Remix (2011)
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“I created my “remix” of the first movement of Mahler for a contest held by the Berlin Philharmonic. My approach was to dissect the piece to its basic units such as chords or short gestures, and then reconfiguring these basic materials in my own style. To me this represents an interesting study into the workings of the obvious influence larger scale form exerts on the perception of style. It is very appealing to me to create music that sounds almost nothing like Mahler (whose style i would never want to imitate) but still is derived from his work. Despite not wanting to sound like Mahler, I enjoy and admire his music a lot, and am glad this piece allowed me to make a nod to it, while staying true to my own stylistic ideas. In order to embellish the orchestral samples, I also recorded some of my own celesta and organ playing, which I subjected to the same degree of cutting up and processing as the Mahler. It was all put together in Ableton Live.” via the composer
bandcamp EP http://samnjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/shades
Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)
Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)
from the black book/the swing 13 (performed by the Lloyd Rodgers Group 2002)
Lloyd Rodgers: The Swing (1979)
from the black book/the swing 13, performed by the Lloyd Rodgers Group (2002)
John Glenn, Electric Bass, Sean Ferguson, Electric Guitar, Bruno Cilloniz, Vibraphone, and LLoyd Rodgers, Keyboard
The Swing was originally composed for the Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra and is based on Erik Satie’s Le Balancoire from Sports et Divertissements
