gregorycsmith
My favorite of this artist's grander,
more orchestral sounding pieces. Everything seems to be happening almost out of earshot. Very involving...
I like all of the more intimate "piano" pieces quite a lot as well.
"...I got back to work and found yet another lunchbox of ancient tape-loops to go through for possible inclusion in the new piece. I came across the main theme and thought...well, this is gorgeous; let's see if we can use this to coax Viv to come out. I went through the rest of them and found another dozen or so that mixed well used randomly, just under the threshold."
"The next night I performed the piece at Issue with their 16 channel hemispherical speaker system set to move the sounds randomly around the room as if waves in a pool. We all had a really good time. It was mesmerizing."
This version was recorded with microphones and two Norelco tape decks live in my studio in Los Angeles in one take in September 2008.
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This is my absolute favorite album of all time, words can not even begin to describe how much I love it. It nails the concept of dementia as an album perfectly 100/10. I don't know if I could find anything better than this. rod
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it may feel barren and cold, but its core will always be warm and near, sparkling dimly, hypnotising and distracting listeners for eternity, looping through the gorgeous source material, repeating it; reliving it. berratrixie