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Various artists issue # 112
1Sama’i Farah (2009) Composed, performed, and recorded by John Kameel Farah on piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, electronics, and programming. I had always wanted to use Sama’i form used in Arabic and Turkish classical music as a ground for a series of compositions. The sampled Daff/Darabouka/Riqq percussion sounds out a Sama’i rhythm (10/8 divided 3+2+2+3), with the piano reiterating an ornamented variant of a Landini cadence, found in much Renaissance keyboard music. The tempo lends itself easily to Dubstep, which becomes the framework of the drum and bass programming. A Samai typically moves into a faster section in a different meter, this one sprinting into a contrapuntal section in 7/8 before reiterating the theme. Released on Dross:tik Records © 2009 John Kameel Farah 9:17
2Change Ringing (Excerpt, 1997–2005) Audio available on CD only. Composed by Olivia Block. Performed by Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Mike Flake, Chris Novak, and Marcie Gurnow, clarinet; Sunshine Simmons and Christie Vohs, bass clarinet; Bhob Rainey, soprano saxophone; Eliot Gattengo, saxophone; Ernst Karel, trumpet; Jeb Bishop, trombone; Jay Heltzer, bass trombone; Liz Payne, bells; Jerome Bryerton, percussion; Carol Genetti, vocals; Jordan Voelker, viola. Recordings engineered by Robb Drinkwater at Spinter Group Studio, Todd Carter at Experimental Sound Studio, Pete Wenger at Experimental Sound Studio, and Olivia Block. Released on Cut label. © 2005 Olivia Block -
3Passage (2008) Composed, performed, and recorded by Ian Battenfield Headley. The sounds for this work were recorded on a cool November night in Boston. Wandering with my field recorder, I found an ugly side street where I discovered and recorded two whole and shattered beer bottles, a rusty chain-link fence, some septic-looking plastic bags, a solitary bulldozer shovel, and patches of discarded newspapers. I encourage the listener to not think of the sources for the work, but instead to allow their abstracted sounds to excite the imagination. © 2011 Ian Battenfield Headley 5:03
4God Is Calling Me (2011) Composed by Thomas Gill. Performed by Thom Gill, guitars, organ, voice; Fraser Gielen, voice; Hans Bernhard, acoustic bass; and Philippe Melanson, drums. Recorded by Thom Gill (home studio) and Hans Bernhard (McGill recording studios). Self released on Such Is Your Triumph. © 2011 Thomas Gill 4:59
5Janela (2010) Composed by Thomas Gill. Performed by Thom Gill, synth, voice; Felicity Williams, voice; Bram Gielen, electric bass, voice; Christopher Willes, electronics, synth; Matthew Pencer, drum machine; Daniel Pencer, saxophone. Recorded by Jean Martin. Released on Barnyard Records, <http://barnyardrecords.com>. © 2010 Thomas Gill 4:41
6Transparency (2011) Composed and performed by d'Eon, keyboards, vocals, and production. Recorded at La Brique Studio. Originally released in a split LP with Grimes on Hippos in Tanks and Arbutus Records. © 2011 music/sound, technology if any, and text if any: Hippos In Tanks 5:33
7Tongues (2011) Composed and performed by d'Eon, keyboards, vocals, and production. Recorded at La Brique Studio. Originally released in a split LP with Grimes on Hippos in Tanks and Arbutus Records. © 2011 music/sound, technology if any, and text if any: Hippos In Tanks 4:20
8Teem (Movement I, 2003–2008) Audio available on CD only. Composed by Olivia Block and Kyle Bruckmann. Performed by Olivia Block, piano, field recordings, and reed organ; Kyle Bruckmann, accordion, English horn, field recordings, oboe, and suona. This piece features layered oboe harmonics, a hot plate, and field recordings from various large spaces where objects were rolled and dropped. It also features Kyle’s intentionally out-of-sync hocket form, which consists of sets of short oboe phrases alternating back and forth. Recorded by Olivia Block, Kyle Bruckmann. Portions recorded by Niko Wenner at Rabbitcat studios. Mastered by Miles Boisen at Headless Buddha Mastering Labs. Released on either/OAR label. © 2008 Olivia Block and Kyle Bruckmann -
9Resolution (Excerpt from Some Old Slapstick Routine, 2010–2011) Audio available on CD only. Composed by Olivia Block and Greg Kelley. Performed by Olivia Block, piano, field recordings, and electronics; Greg Kelley, trumpet. Recorded by Greg Kelley, and Olivia Block. Studio recordings engineered by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio. Released on Erstwhile Records. © 2011 Greg Kelley and Olivia Block -
10I Conversed With You in a Dream II (2006) Audio available on CD only. Composed by Jocelyn Morlock Performed by Tiresias: Mark McGregor, flute; and Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano. When we initially approached Morlock about writing a piece for flute and piano, we had mentioned the possibility of a companion piece for Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis. In keeping with the theme of antiquity, Morlock turned to the writings of the ancient poetess Sappho. The resulting four-movement work, I Conversed With You in a Dream, mirrors the miniature nature of Sappho’s surviving works; each movement is a short yet vividly evocative aural rendering of a Sapphic fragment. Morlock even revisits the text fragment “I conversed with you in a dream” twice, first as a fleeting piano solo, and the second time as a duo, but exploring a soundscape far beyond the conventional. Produced by Mark Takeshi McGregor and Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa. Recorded at the Music & Sound Program, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta. Released on the CD Tiresias—Delicate Fires: Canadian music for flute and piano by Redshift Music. © 2006 Jocelyn Morlock -
11Involuntary Love Songs (Song 2—Matches, 2008) Audio available on CD only. Composed by Jocelyn Morlock. Text by Alan Ashton. Performed by Geoffrey Sirett, baritone and Stephen Ralls, piano. “Matches” is the second of my Involuntary Love Songs and uses imagery of fire to portray a person who is in a wild and desperate state. The tighter and tighter circles that the protagonist is running in suggest a sort of imploding introversion, where incredible energy, fear and denial have nowhere to go. The music here is also very energetic—the vocal part is full of short, almost breathless phrases. The piano part is very dense with chords; indeed, the piano threatens to overwhelm the singer at times. Released on the CD Vagabond by Geoffrey Sirett, <www.geoffreysirett.com>. © 2008 Jocelyn Morlock -
12Binatone Galaxy (trio) (2011) Composed by Stephen Cornford. This track offers a non-documentary auditory perspective on Binatone Galaxy. Assembled from three studio recordings of individual machines from the installation. Recorded by Stephen Cornford at The Grain Barn, Bristol in 2011. Released by Senufo Editions, <www.senufoeditions.com>. © 2012 Stephen Cornford 3:31
