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.

Earthworks

Electronic Music by Frank Felice

Of Wood & Bone

Metalworkz

Stomp

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Six electronic etudes that are all nervous in nature - by turns busy, dynamic, odd, twerkish, withdrawn, delicate.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

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.

Sly

FRANK FELICE, composer