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Continuum no. 2Continuum no. 2 is an ambient piece that, like Continuum one, is algorithmically-generated by a single complex patch on my Kurzweil K2000 keyboard. Continuum no. 2 has an unlimited duration until it is turned off. In 2006, I recorded Continuum no. 2 for over 60 minutes to create an album-length version of the piece. An MP3 of this recording and the original K2000 patch are available below. Downloads:Continuum no. 2 [67:44 – 62.1 MB] SeptiemeI have been interested in the issues of tuning and temperament since I was in high school. A couple of years ago I joined the Just Intonation Network to gain a better understanding of the “why and how” of using pure, “just” intervals. Septieme was my first real experiment in just intonation and focuses on accustoming the ear to the use of the seventh harmonic. It was written between Oct. 2005 and July 2006. Downloads:Septieme [30:08 – 27.5 MB] WhalesWhales was written in May 2006. It uses a 19-tone equal temperament scale. Whales is the longest of my finite ambient works so far and it “modulates” about a third of the way through to a higher pitch level, and then back to the original level at about two-thirds of the duration. Downloads:Whales [42:47 – 39.1 MB] Dorian GrayDorian Gray was written in the Spring of 2001. It was the first piece that I wrote using Common Music and Csound. NotesDownloads:Dorian Gray [21:00 – 19.2 MB] |
Continuum oneContinuum one is an ambient piece that is closely related to my electroacoustic composition A Peace. A Peace is a live performance work with improvised piano accompanied by an algorithmically-generated synthesizer part. In 2006, I recorded just the synthesizer part for over 70 minutes to create the CD-length piece: Continuum one. Both an MP3 of Continuum one and the original Kurzweil K2000 patch are available below. Downloads:Continuum one (from “A Peace”) [71:46 – 65.8 MB] Septieme bluesSeptieme blues is a continuation of my experiments with just intonation. The scale for this piece incorporates three pitches derived from the seventh harmonic to develop a “just” blues scale. Septieme blues was written in July 2006. Downloads:Septieme blues [24:48 – 22.7 MB] Changes no. 2Changes no. 2: I. Benedictus qui venit was first realized using a MIDI sequencer in 1996. The present realization was done with Csound in 2004. This is one of my few pieces to actually have a physical score. It makes use of a musical fragment from a Mass for two voices by the 16th-century composer Orlande de Lassus. I have doubled each voice part and staggered the entrances. Then each part repeats many times with different amounts of augmentation applied to the note durations. This process was inspired by Brian Eno‘s treatment of Pachelbel’s Canon on his album Discreet Music. Downloads:Changes no.2 – movt. I [8:20 – 7.6 MB] Ambient NouveauAmbient Nouveau is a series of three ambient explorations begun while I was living in Champaign, Illinois. (1998-99) NotesDownloads:“1” [20:54 – 19.1 MB] FM-scape no.1This is some unfinished work from 2005. |