Dok (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cyberinsekt) wrote,@ 2009-10-27 01:20:00 |
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Joe Grimm - Harpsichord
Here's a follow-on piece from the Radulescu of a couple of days ago. How different, really, is Radulescu's spectral music from the minimalism of Charlemagne Palestine or the obsessive single-note microtonal explorations of Giacinto Scelsi? It's all about the concentration of listening, the overtones, the spaces between the notes.
That's something that Joe Grimm would understand. He discovered an interest in this form of music after playing in one of Glenn Branca's 100-guitar orchestras, and started to write music accordingly. He would set a target note, and then play the notes which would combine to give this pitch; musical calculus if you will. From his 2008 album Brain Cloud, this is the first of his two harpsichord improvisations, both simply called Harpsichord. I love the tiny delay effect he uses here. It transforms the sharp attack of the instrument, and gives the sound a resonant buzz. The result is not unlike one of Terry Riley's keyboard improvisations, but even more minimal. It's an absolutely magical sound.
Joe Grimm - Harpsichord
(alternate download)
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: It seems that boxstr.com has finally closed, taking all files and user accounts with it. This means the loss of many of the direct downloads I've offered. That's one of the reasons why I've always offered the alternates, most of which should still offer you the chance to audition the music featured on Doklands.
Here's a follow-on piece from the Radulescu of a couple of days ago. How different, really, is Radulescu's spectral music from the minimalism of Charlemagne Palestine or the obsessive single-note microtonal explorations of Giacinto Scelsi? It's all about the concentration of listening, the overtones, the spaces between the notes.
That's something that Joe Grimm would understand. He discovered an interest in this form of music after playing in one of Glenn Branca's 100-guitar orchestras, and started to write music accordingly. He would set a target note, and then play the notes which would combine to give this pitch; musical calculus if you will. From his 2008 album Brain Cloud, this is the first of his two harpsichord improvisations, both simply called Harpsichord. I love the tiny delay effect he uses here. It transforms the sharp attack of the instrument, and gives the sound a resonant buzz. The result is not unlike one of Terry Riley's keyboard improvisations, but even more minimal. It's an absolutely magical sound.
Joe Grimm - Harpsichord
(alternate download)
