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Matthew Davidson
#5
Duration: 06' 00" Year: 1991
analogue tape piece
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Programme Note
This “reverse theme and variations” was realized in Studio B of the Experimental Music Studiols at University of Illinois, Urbana, USA. Distorted beyond recognition, and then increased in speed to the point of white noise, the “theme” or sound source is revealed in the final moments. And, as should be the case, John Barrymore has the last word.
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Stolen Music - New Compositions by Matthew Davidson
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Stolen Music - Chamber and Electronic Music by Matthew Davidson Year: 1996
CD
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Judith Whitaker
'On a Drawing of His Mother' by Toss Woollaston
Duration: 05' 00" Year: 1992
for string orchestra
Douglas Lilburn
'Six Short Pieces'
Duration: 07' 00" Year: 1962
for piano
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Lilburn: Complete Piano Music Edition Vol. 2; computer-set Year: 2012
Full score | Hardcopy - computer set
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Douglas Lilburn: Complete Piano Music Volume 1 Year: 2004
CD
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Philip Dadson
273 Moons
Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1995
scored work for saxophone quartet and 6 vocalists
John Psathas
4BY4
Duration: 08' 30" Year: 2012
for percussion quartet
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Instrumentation
China Cymbal / Conga (x2) / Crash Cymbal / Floor Tom (x2) / Hi-Hats (x3) / Kick Bass Drum (x4) / Snare Drum (x2) / Splash Cymbal / Tambourine (Headless) / Tom (x6)
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Programme Note
I’ve admired John Psathas’ music for years, for its incredible sense of energy, its ability to defy categorization, and its cultural pluralism. With 4BY4 (his first non-pitched percussion piece), John delivers on all counts … and then some. If David Weckl, Christopher Lamb, Steven Schick and Giovanni Hidalgo – all percussion virtuosi from widely different genres – were to have a jam session, I can’t help but think that it would sound something like 4BY4.
Each of the four players plays a drumset-like set-up; one player has two snare drums a hi-hat, a tambourine, and a cymbal, another has two congas and a hihat, and the remaining two have tom-based set-ups. However, what binds these four seemingly disparate voices is the kick drum, which all four drumsets have. At times, these four drums pound a relentless beat in unison, and at others they’re split into complex rhythmic counterpoint.
It is this, in part, that makes 4BY4 such a great piece and a perfect fit for this album. John manages to take culturally different instruments, each with different playing techniques, and link them together with a common element – the kick drum. It is cultural pluralism at its best, with each voice maintaining its unique sound and identity, but seamlessly integrated into a common whole.
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John Psathas: 4BY4; video
Media on Demand | Embedded
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Omar Carmenates: The Gaia Theory CD Year: 2012
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