Two methods of creation play out on this disc by FURT, the British electronic composition-performance duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer. The track Uranus is a forty-six-minute studio composition developed over a two-year period. In contrast, Curtains, the second track on the CD, is a twenty-six-minute improvisation recorded live and dedicated to the memoryContinue reading “FURT. Sense.”
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X Avant Festival. The Music Gallery, Toronto. October 21–25, 2009.
The fourth X Avant Festival at Toronto’s Music Gallery was entitled Convergence and Collaboration. As noted in gallery artistic director Johathan Bunce’s program notes, the theme was “inspired by ambient music forefather Brian Eno’s idea of ‘scenius,’ . . . the notion of co-operation in modern music making, as opposed to the glorification of individual genius.” TheContinue reading “X Avant Festival. The Music Gallery, Toronto. October 21–25, 2009.”
Strotter Inst. Minenhund.
Christopher Hess’ Strotter Inst. is a hybrid project that plays between the realms of visual and sound arts. The sounds from this CD are produced by installations Hess builds out of five manipulated Lenco turntables that he has deconstructed in a variety of ways. Photo documentation of his gallery installations reveal turntables with styluses replacedContinue reading “Strotter Inst. Minenhund.”