Release Date: September 8th, 2020 (Orders available below)
For a long time I have wanted to tackle canonic repertoire and offer my perspective on certain works. At the same time a central idea was to counterpoint such classics with recent creations to reveal something of the aesthetic, instrumental and idiomatic change that has taken place in New Art Music for electric guitar. Binding it all together is my ongoing interest in nostalgia, here taking shape in the presence of harmonies which could roughly be categorised as tonal or modal. These I find fascinating as they hold a double (almost contradicting) quality. On one hand contemporary by the recontextualization of such material while at the same time nostalgic by its offering of a familiar, cradling musical sensation from the past.
And with nostalgia, what’s better (besides the sonic quality) than enjoying the music on vinyl, resonating the above ideas both in format and listening manner with two very distinct sides. Side A addresses solo pieces with accompaniment (from 80’s prerecorded tape to current electronics) while side B is rougher, stripped in nature and more suggestive of a “live in the studio” sensation. Therefore 33 RPM points both to the medium (vinyl) and to the time (+/-33 years between the old/new pieces) over which this musical transformation took place.
Track Listing:
SIDE A
1. Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (I. fast) [6:52]
2. Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (II. slow) [3:21]
3. Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (III. fast) [4:27]
4. Marco Momi: Quattro Nudi [10:33]
SIDE B
5. Tristan Murail: Vampyr! [6:31]
6. Clemens Gadenstätter: Studies for a Portrait [15:25]
Credits:
Yaron Deutsch: Acoustic & Electric guitars // Stefano Bechini: Mixing & Mastering // Yoav Perry: Graphic design
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