These are various chamber works I've created over the years.

Chamber Music

This work utilizes a note-matrix that I have been working with for a few years. Its 15 minutes long. I presented the "score" to the members of Goorilla, with a few specific performance-game-rules, and this is the realization they came up with. It is slow, expansive, and sensual. It is 12-tone only as an ancient philosophy, through the interpretation it moved on from the old rigidity. Performed/realized by Goorilla, this is my absolute favorite that we did together next to "I have an Ant Problem, and Nosferatu. Joseph Florindo Di Ponio, Sax; Edward Ludvigsen, guitar; Myself on keyboards. One take, no edits.


Goo-Cereal-Ish

"Three Romances" was written LONG ago when I was a student at Oberlin Conservatory. Its in three movements, that run together. Actually the second movement "interrupts" the first, and the fist movement kind of "goes dormant" while the second movement is happening (with the Saxes playing, obviously heavily influenced by Laurie Anderson). The third movement picks up, but is now a combination of the first two. The score is mostly graphic, with some specific pitch info. This is the premiere, and ONLY performance it ever got. Chris Jonas, and Frank Mauceri were the awesome saxophone players, Evan Mulvaney was the voice. The trombonists' names I'm still researching (info coming soon- once I find the ancient program. Its been a VERY long time).

"Three Romances"

this is a set of four pieces (only three recorded here, unfortunately) that are a graphic score, for Trumpet and processing- performed here by the one and only Joe Drew.

Four in Stance (2)

Four in Stance (3)

Four in Stance (4)

This is a live performance of the first version of "Ghosts for Miles" in collaboration with Loop243 (an awesome percussion group in NYC headed by Thom Kozumplik). The eerie sounds are from an old scratched Miles Davis record that I sound-designed and put into my sampler (an old Emu). Recorded at the Neighborhood Music School (New Haven, CT) during a performance.

Ghost for Miles

from a live concert: Bach's Baroque Blender II 
(acoustic and electronic mash-ups of Bach 2-Part Inventions.
Alphonse Izzo is playing the guitar at the middle-end.

(terrible audio quality warning, SORRY!)

In this work, I took the 10th invention ("Olde Tuun/PinballMIX..1"), turned it upside-down, re-keyed it, and re-composed it for guitar and piano adding substantial connective-tissue between each Bach note, and then had a second section in which the 2 instruments "pinball" through their parts to the end. The result was a work that changed faces radically- yet still felt as if it came from the same genetic "father". It can be performed with any other instrument and piano. 

This is here purely as an audio example to accompany the score for those interested in performing this work.
The score will be available soon at www.lulu.com

OldeTuunPINBALLmix (live)

[TERRIBLE AUDIO ALERT, sorry!]
this was taken from a live performance and is up here purely for those interested in performing it and buying a score. 
(2005)- Parody-mass/Paraphrase-mass mentality based on Bach's 2-part Invention #7 meets "mash-up” for Piano and Guitar. Removed original notes, kept rhythms. Then “repopulated the notes, did multiple “sonic-bleach-washes” to “degrade the original” (as time would to organic matter), and recomposed based on the fragmented remains. Score soon available on Lulu.com [ca. 6']
[B'Racz on piano; Alphonse Izzo on Guitar] free download


N-Crypt#7.778 (for guitar and piano)

[Terrible Audio Alert! Sorry! live performance]
(2006) for electric Guitar (or any other instrument) and processors, and Roland V-Synth.
Originally performed in the Bach's Broque Blender II concert with Alphonse Izzo on guitar. This is available here for those interested in performing the work, and obtaining a score.
Score soon available on Lulu.com. Free audio download here.
[duration ca. 8']


Reclaim RNA#jsb62pi

[Terrible Audio Alert! Sorry! live performance]

(2006) for various Guitars and processors, and V-Synth+piano. It is a “rememberance of the music that has just happened. A summation, improvised- yet structured by the previous events. A wonderful collaborative moment captured at the end of the Bach’s Baroque Blender II concert. Composed in collaboration with Alphonse Izzo. No real score is available- but its a free audio download here.
[duration ca. 10'] 

Promnesia

(2001)- LIVE PERFORMANCE- World premiere at the Neighborhood Music School by "Goorilla". For any number of players. Structured improvisation. Performers read a score in different directions, and react according to various rules. Performed/interpreted by “Goorilla” (B’Racz, piano; Ed Ludvigsen, guitar; Joe Di Ponio, sax).
I have a magic- square grid I was playing with for several years, and we created another work from it called “Goo-Cereal-ish” (180° different from “ant” version). Starts out hectic, ends narcoleptic. In one movement. [6'00"] Free download.
p.s. my apologies that the engineer decided to pan-around in the middle of the recording...its that way forever...

ADDENDUM: 11/13/11 I have compressed it so that you can hear everything. It has extreme dynamics and transients, and the digital levels wont go higher unless the transients are compressed. I deeply HATE compressing classical music, and I do it here holding my nose, but since it was recorded poorly, this it the only fix I can do so it is loud enough for most.



I Have an Ant Problem

05 X-Fields, Vth mvmnt. v3.0

04 X-Fields, IVth mvmnt. v3.0

03 X-Fields, IIIrd mvmnt. v3.0

02 X-Fields, IInd mvmnt. v3.0

01 X-Fields, Ist mvmnt. v3.0

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