Clocked Out

From the album "From Small Things Grow"
Summer of Wisteria was composed for Topology and Clocked Out, and premiered on the “Seven Headed Music Machine” show in Brisbane Powerhouse.  Both of those ensembles thrive on rhythm, and the three movements of Wisteria abound with intricate cross-rhythms and syncopations.  When I came up with the opening motif, a line from William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! popped into my head – “It was a summer of wisteria…”  This seemed to capture something about the relaxed feeling and the dreamy textures which wend their way in and out of the music.  Mint juleps on the veranda, anyone?

Performers:
Soprano Sax - John Babbage
Violin - Christa Powell
Viola - Bernard Hoey
Bass - Robert Davidson
Piano - Erik Griswold
Recorded at Brisbane Powerhouse
copyright 2007 Erik Griswold all rights reserved

Premiered at Brisbane Powerhouse, 11 November 2007.

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Summer Of Wisteria - from From Small Things Grow (2007)

Clocked Out 
Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson
Prepared Piano and Found Objects
from the album "Foreign Objects"
Clocked Out | 2009

Foreign Objects (2009)

Water Pushes Sand is the title track of Clocked Out Duo's second album.  The album draws heavily on our studies of Sichuan percussion music, as well as our increasing interest in music for toy instruments.  

The track "Water pushes sand" uses rhythms from Sichuan Opera, substituting gongs and cymbals for prepared piano and western percussion.  We use the traditional rhythms as a springboard for increasingly abstract improvisations. In other pieces we use processed recordings of Sichuan percussion (Lindsay Vickery's "Delicious ironies (Sichuan)") and bicycle bells.

Water Pushes Sand (2002)

"Every night the same dream" is the title track of Clocked Out Duo's first album.  It set the benchmark for subsequent exploration of warped grooves and atmospheric soundscapes.  The album is an eclectic collection which includes compositions by Vanessa Tomlinson, Graeme Leak, and Warren Burt, as well as improvisatory pieces.

Recorded by Wayne Baker at ABC Studio 520 in Adelaide.

Every Night The Same Dream (2000)

Clocked Out
Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson
Prepared Piano and Vibraphone
from the album "Time Crystals" 
Innova | 2015

Time Crystals (2015)

From the album The Wide Alley.
A 10-piece band of Australian and Sichuan musicians, exploring connections between traditional, contemporary, and experimental culture.

Bicycle Groove - from The Wide Alley (2009)

Fast-paced improvisation for restless times.