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$13.25

back in stock as of
october 24th, 2007

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
experimental-instruments
analogue-synth

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 003 cd

earl howard / denman maroney “fire song” compact disc

fire song (17:48) duet for hyperpiano and synthesizer
uncaged bacchanal (10:23) solo hyperpiano
pulse field (13:22) duet for hyperpiano and alto saxophone
orchid (12:12) solo alto saxophone

erstwhile press release...

earl howard: alto saxophone, synthesizer
denman maroney: hyperpiano

four long solo and duet pieces totalling 54 minutes from these two nyc-based, criminally underdocumented musicians. howard and maroney have been playing together sporadically since 1975, when they recorded a version of stockhausen's kurzwellen as part of the negative band (a record engineered by carl stone for the finnadar label). howard plays alto saxophone and synth, while maroney plays hyperpiano, which is further explained below. howard has played over the years with such luminaries as derek bailey, han bennink, takehisa kosugi, george lewis, nam june paik, and richard teitelbaum, but has barely recorded, except for a mostly solo electronics cd on random acoustics, pele's tears. fire song contains his first composition for alto to be documented on disc, the solo piece orchid. maroney has pioneered a technique for the piano which he refers to as "hyperpiano", which involves stopping, sliding, bowing, plucking, strumming and striking the strings directly with a variety of tools including bars, bowls, knives, bells and mashers of metal, boxes and bottles of plastic, mallets of various kinds, and blocks of rubber. hyperpiano differs from prepared piano in that the piano is not prepared beforehand.

$15.01

back in stock as of
august 8th, 2008

first in stock on
february 6th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
modern-composition
free-improvisation
live-electronic

new world (usa) #nw 80670 cd

earl howard “clepton” compact disc

clepton (28:01) 2006
improvisation (6:02) 2006
rosebud (14:54) 1989

new world press release...

earl howard: clepton
cat. no.: 80670
genre: jazz
release date: 12/2007

earl howard, synthesizer, live processing
georg graewe, piano
ernst reijseger, cello
gerry hemingway, drums

earl howard’s clepton (2006) is as complex, mysterious and poetic as the outer limits of science he finds inspiration in, and the imagery of particle physics is particularly appropriate for the extraordinary interaction that takes place between the composer and his three playing partners throughout clepton’s 38 minutes. for gerry hemingway, “these are models that might be referenced to help us focus our approach to a given section—a basic understanding of scientific principles and concepts is useful as they often have terminology that better articulates the intent of a player’s actions rather than, say, feelings which are more vague and open to interpretation.”

rosebud, a howard/hemingway duo recorded during a tour of upstate new york back in 1989, is as fresh and challenging as if it had been recorded yesterday. what’s particularly remarkable is the range of color and timbral sophistication of howard’s electronics. milton babbitt’s famous line about nothing growing old faster than a new sound certainly applies to the world of electronic keyboards; tune in to your local top 40 station and if you hear a mellotron, an arp odyssey, a yamaha dx7 or a korg m1 you have a pretty clear idea as to when the song was recorded. very few musicians have taken the time to explore these instruments in depth and go beyond the standard patches that soon sound dated, even clichéd. sun ra was one, thomas lehn is another, and you can add earl howard’s name to the short list. the sounds he conjures forth from his dx7, a lexicon pcm 70 and what today would be considered a relatively primitive akai sampler are extraordinarily subtle, and haven’t aged in the slightest.

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