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| | | longbox recordings (usa) #lbt 029 cd dropp ensemble “the empire builders (music for theatrical performance)” compact disc - introduktion
- grå (1-3)
- dessutom
| | very nice sprawling minimal electro-acoustic improv from a global group of collaborators featuring eric la casa, steven hess, brendan walls, wolfgang fuchs, adam sonderberg, and others; offered as the score to a chicagoland production of the titular boris vian play. hess’ close-mic’ed cymbal rupture is especially “on” throughout... |
| | longbox recordings press release... |
| sam dellaria, electronics
wolfgang fuchs, record playe
steven hess, percussion
eric la casa, field recordings
aram shelton, alto sax
adam sonderberg; contact mics/guitar
brendan walls, electronics
alexander wallner, guitar
composed and assembled by dellaria/sonderberg, february - march 2003 in chicago, il. recorded by dropp ensemble (chicago, paris, sydney, vienna).
this disc features music commissioned for the play 'the empire builders' by boris vian. consisting of three long tracks, the music is quiet and meditative, due in part to the fact that it is a soundtrack, and to support the plot and action of the play. this plot and action though is not about comfortable ambience. rather, the sound clearly identifies the play's themes of paranoia, rising tension, and escape. the soundtrack focuses on the psychological turmoil that the play addresses via its characters. the quiet and dark spaces explored on the recording are a successful quest in transmitting the unspoken fear, the unknown, and the doom of complacency experienced by the characters, making the recording able to stand on its own beyond the physical viewing of the play.
“the more adam and i work together, the less involved we are in the sound producing elements on our records. most of what we did on "the empire builders" was assemby, that is selecting recordings from material provided to us by members of the ensemble. the bulk of "introduktion" was electonics, guitar and percussion recorded live in what appeared to be an old meat locker. "grå" is modified recordings of adam's boiler room. dessutom was assembled from recodings given to us by wolfgang, alexander and eric. ta da.” - sam dellaria |
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