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

"... of Glass" is a multi-channel work of musíque concréte based on the sounds made by glass: breaking, rubbed, rolled, etc.  The overall aesthetic is ambient in nature, and somewhat minimalist.  This recording is a stereo-mixdown of the multi-channel original.

Of Glass

Earthworks was commissioned and composed by Indianapolis dance company Dance Kaleidoscope to be part of a full evening set of modern dance pieces titled 'The Four Elements."  My portion was to be the 'earth' segment, composed using electronic means.  The separate pieces are by turns volcanic, massive, intimate, yearning, celebratory, humorous, quiet, dark, obdurate, and victorious.  A video of the danced production by Dance Kaleidoscope can be found on YouTube.

Vox Humanae

Of Wood & Bone

Metalworkz

Earth Yearn

Core

Six electronic etudes that are all nervous in nature - by turns busy, dynamic, odd, twerkish, withdrawn, delicate.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

Of Two Minds

Wait

The Strange Case of Mrs. Nancarrowish

A Quiet Corner

Panic at Hanging Rock

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

The title tracks from the album "Sidewalk Music,"  in three movements: 1. LawnShow  2. SideShow 3. LateShow - these pieces are very environmental in construction, but the actual scenes they may portray are all artificial, and constructed through editing based on my own field recordings and other sound effects libraries.  Each of these scenes are also tweaked with some processed unrealistic sounds to give them a twist for the listener.  This is the first time that the three movements have been released as a continuous whole -- on the album they function like entr'actes or intermezzi.  "Sidewalk Music" is available from Ravello Records on iTunes or at Amazon.com

Sidewalk Music

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

As if a high school kid had a ProTools studio in his basement, all virtual instruments and wanted to start a prog rock band.  Somewhat less than accomplished at it all (esp as a drummer....) - this morphs into a bad dream where it finally breaks into a Minnesotan Rotarian potluck.... no, really!  (a bookend to "Postlude: Past the Purge Tents")

Prelude: Purge the Past Tense

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.

Electronic Music by Frank Felice

FRANK FELICE, composer