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Various artists issue # 120
1Ichos Composed by Wolf Edwards. Performed by the Arditti Quartet. Members at the time of recording: Irvine Arditti (violin), Graeham Jennings (violin), Ralf Ehlers (viola), and Rohan de Saram (cello). This is my third string quartet. It was via this important transitional work that I began to create more complex forms, resulting from the creative act of conceptualizing my music in simultaneous layers. I do not write one layer before continuing to the second, third, and so on. All layers are built upon one another at the same moment. Although the piece may be edited and changed during the rehearsal phase, I think of the act of writing as a type of improvisational performance. Ichos also marks a change from large-scale block structures to single-sound concentration. I start with one sound. Once it is is put to paper, other sounds, in other layers, begin. The piece continues for as long as sounds suggest themselves, or come to mind. The result is an intertwined array of connected particles and strands that operate at both individual and collective levels. The form is the result of an organic growth. —Wolf Edwards Previously unreleased studio recording made in July 2005 in Metz, France. © Wolf Edwards 7:15
2Cluster Bomb Unit Audio available on CD only. Composed by Wolf Edwards. Performed by Adrian Verdejo (seven-string electric guitar) and Marcus Takizawa (amplified viola). A cluster bomb is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. This weapon is made for murdering humans, as well as the Earth’s living creatures (by default). Used by terrorist states, especially the United States of America, which dropped 260 million cluster bombs on the civilian population of Laos between 1960–1973. In 1991, the United States of America dropped over 61,000 cluster bombs on Iraq, and between 2003 and 2006, over 13,000 cluster munitions, containing two million submunitions, were used during Operation Iraqi Freedom. —Wolf Edwards Commission from Adrian Verdejo, with grant support from the Canada Council for the Arts, in 2011. Live recording of premiere performance, which took place November 17, 2013, in the Orpheum Annex as part of the Chambercon festival in Vancouver. © Wolf Edwards 10:03
3Quiero Que Te Vaya Bien (I Want You To Do Well) Composed and perfomed by Lido Pimienta, Kvesche Bijons-Ebacher (electronics) and Steven Ward (trombone). Produced by Kvesche Bijons-Ebacher. The song is about letting go of the person who no longer wants or can be with us, and being OK with their decision, or wishing them well, despite the pain it causes us to see them leave. —Lido Pimienta This as-yet-unreleased recording will be included on Pimienta’s forthcoming album La Papessa. © Lido Pimienta 3:30
4Whirly Swirly Audio available on CD only. Composed by Kris Davis. Performed by Kris Davis (piano), John Hébert (bass), and Tom Rainey (drums). From the album Waiting For You To Grow (Clean Feed, CF292). Licensed courtesy of Clean Feed <http://www.cleanfeed-records.com>. © Kris Davis 15:28
5Too Tinkerbell Composed by Kris Davis. Performed by Kris Davis (piano), Trevor Dunn (bass), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), and Tom Rainey (drums). From the album Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed, CF268). Recorded March 22, 2012 at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York. Licensed courtesy of Clean Feed <http://www.cleanfeed-records.com.> © Kris Davis 5:34
6Pioneer Piano Composed and performed by Ross Bolleter. Recorded by Rob Castiglione at Wambyn Ruined Piano Sanctuary, September 2007. © Ross Bolleter 4:10
7Time and Fevers Burn Away Audio available on CD only. Composed and performed by Ross Bolleter. Recorded by Rob Castiglione at the Masonic Hall in Cue, Western Australia, June 2008. © Ross Bolleter 5:35
8The Understatement Composed by Scott Thomson (music) and P. K. Page (poetry). Performed by The Disguises: Nicolas Caloia (double bass), Yves Charuest (alto saxophone), Susanna Hood (voice), Pierre Tanguay (drums), Scott Thomson (trombone). The Understatement has a breezy, samba-like feel, and is dedicated to Doug Tielli. The song’s simple melody and harmony follow the enclosed-rhyme (abba) structure of P. K. Page’s poem with the same title. Pierre Tanguay gets the solo here, in part because he sounded so good on the big drums at Hotel2Tango, where we recorded it. —Scott Thomson Recorded by Thierry Amar at Hotel2Tango studio in Montreal in December 2013. Mixed by Nicolas Caloia and mastered by Jean Martin. © Scott Thomson, P. K. Page 4:23
9Circles Audio available on CD only. Composed by Shaw-Han Liem (I Am Robot and Proud). Performed by I Am Robot and Proud (Fender Rhodes, programming, synths), with Robin Buckley (additional drumming) and Jeremy Strachan (additional guitar). From the album Touch / Tone (Darla Records, 2013) Mastered by Sandro Perri. Licensed courtesy of Darla Records < http://darla.com>. © Shaw-Han Liem. 3:01
10Apollo Dux Composed and performed by David Kanaga (ducks and synthesizer). Apollo Dux is the accompaniment to a hidden scene from the video game Proteus (open-world exploration video game developed by Ed Key and David Kanaga, released on various platforms in 2013). © David Kanaga 3:07
11Circumpass Audio available on CD only. Composed and performed by Noé Cuéllar and Joseph Kramer. The audio component of the audiovisual work Circumpass, featuring swirling motifs, performance gestures, and instrumental aspects from various compositions between 2009–2013, recounting a fractured trajectory of Coppice’s foundation of bellows and electronics. —Noé Cuéllar and Joseph Kramer © Coppice 6:25
12Whiting Belt: Sweet Thread (Topple) Composed and performed by Noé Cuéllar and Joseph Kramer. The middle section of the Whiting Belt triptych for custom handheld samplers (Multi-Material Filter, transmitters, pump organ, tape processes, Rhodes Piano Bass, and plastic bladder with valve). —Noé Cuéllar and Joseph Kramer © Coppice 4:18
