Dreams of my tree.

bitterroot

Electronic Music by Frank Felice

Commissioned by and composed for choreographer Cynthia Pratt, this piece was the first one written in the then brand new Butler University Electronic Music studio - it features the use of the Roland JP-8080, a machine which helped pave the way for many analog-modeling hardware synths, where a musician could grab a knob or slider and affect the sound immediately - I love this, and so many of the sounds on this piece are analog modeled sounds -  this piece in many ways is representative of my strange dream-country - nostalgic, yearning, odd, twilight, lyrical, of many contrasts, and push and pulls - odd sounds and sound effects abound, as do a number of vocal elements.

Available from Ravello Records on iTunes and Amazon.com

Reflections from the Night Attic

Six electronic etudes that are all nervous in nature - by turns busy, dynamic, odd, twerkish, withdrawn, delicate. fragile, stewing, explosive.....  nervous.  Very nervous.  Available on the Ravello Records release of "Sidewalk Music" on iTunes and Amazon.com

Separation Anxiety

Moog modular synthesizer-based set pieces - fashioned after classic 1960's tape pieces, using simple editing techniques -- these pieces are available on the album "Sidewalk Music" from Ravello Records on both iTunes and Amazon.com

Retrogressions III

Retrogressions II

Retrogressions I

I wanted to compose a piece for my electroacoustic CD "Sidewalk Music" that was played on an synthesizer but emulated a string orchestra, much like the older 1970's instruments such as the ARP String Ensemble did - I did so by combining a lot of those older instruments, playing the piece, overdubbing it, etc.  What resulted was a very 19th century, late romantic, "Verklarte Nacht" style piece - I then had a lot of fun playing this piece back in various settings and recording the result - this one is the "kitchen remix."

Where Two or More are Gathered

I am an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: my pieces can be comedic/ironic, simple/complex, or humble/reverent. My recent projects have taken a turn toward turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism.

Reflections from the Night Attic

FRANK FELICE, composer