“Tellur” by Surrogate Sibling blends Renaissance-style polyphony, postminimalism, and a gentle use of electronics to create a fascinatingly simple work that is at the same time quite complex.
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“Tellur” by Surrogate Sibling blends Renaissance-style polyphony, postminimalism, and a gentle use of electronics to create a fascinatingly simple work that is at the same time quite complex.
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With a sense of space and improvisatory tone a la Pat Metheny giving way to a beautiful, luscious vocal mix, “Gaia (feat. Rama Duke)” by narducci is a wonderfully colorful piece.
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A reader of the blog introduced me to the band Inti Illimani, specifically the album “La Nueva Canción Chilena”. They are a protest-era Chilean folk music ensemble.
Read MoreEach one of us has a different compositional process, and for many of us, the compositional process varies widely. Sometimes I write the entire composition out on large, 11×17 manuscript paper. Sometimes I sketch a bit of music in a notebook, and then move to a computer. I also enjoy drawing images, or graphing my […]
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