Composed by Toru Takemitsu
Performed by Akio Suzuki
From composition "Wavelength" 1984

Toru Takemitsu "Wavelength Of Morning" played by Akio Suzuki 1984

Yamaha VL1 - Guitar

Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7 consists of the linear superposition of 77 sine wave frequencies based on the invariant harmonic ratios 2, 3 and 7. Each of the sine wave frequency components gradually separates from each of the other components over time while ascending at slightly different rates of speed, and then descending toward the starting frequencies, infinitely revolving as in circles. These extremely close frequencies and their harmonics constantly produce beat cycles that traverse through a continuum of phase angles. The motion of the tones is extremely slow and therefore, the sense of the pitch shift practically imperceptible. However, because the tones are moving in constant speed toward the same direction and the relationship of corresponding frequencies remains relativistically invariant, it creates the aural illusion that the frequencies of tones remain unchanged. Rather, the interactions of the moving sine waves create the gradual development of distinctive melodic and rhythmic patterns over time as the result of the acoustical phenomenon of phase interference.

Tonecycle Base 30 Hz, 2:3:7

FUZZY Stjerner Over Københavns Forbrændingsanstalt (1975)

Gem Vision - Lynx8

Michael von Biel: Jagdstück (1966)
for brass, double bass, tape & amplified barbecues
[excerpt]

Michael von Biel: Jagdstück (1966)

On Small Differences in Sensation (LP / digital + 29 page booklet)

Written and produced by Eric Frye
Texts by Andrée Ehresmann, Mathias Béjean, Fernando Zalamea, and Inigo Wilkins.

Recorded at Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition, Cambridge.
Anechoic chamber recordings at Orfield Laboratories, Minneapolis.
Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.

Vinyl / Digital / PDF - https://ericfrye.bandcamp.com/album/on-small-differences-in-sensation

On Small Differences in Sensation

Bandcamp

On Small Differences in Sensation (fragments)

A mix of tracks selected from this double LP offering a panorama of the fascinating musical traditions from a vast region spanning Turkey, Greece, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia. 
The diverse musical forms here have a strong identity with intense, inspired music exuding emotions ranging from joyful and exhuberant to abstract and minimal.
The entire album is available for Flac & MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/02/turkey-greece-macedonia-kosovo-bosnia.html

Orient - Okzident – Musik Aus Südost-Europa – Museum Collection Berlin MC3

South-East European Traditional Mix

Siegfried Steinkogler:
Wandteppichszene für Streichquartett
Mitschnitt beim Konzert "Neue Farben — neue Klänge", Ehrbar-Saal des Prayner Konservatoriums Wien, 10.12.2007
Streichquartett La Campanella: Valbona Naku – 1. Violine, Milan Vasic – 2. Violine, Vedran Curic – Viola, Kristaps Bergs – Violoncello

Steinkogler: Wandteppichszene

"May All Your Children Be Acrobats," by David A. Jaffe is scored for eight guitars, mezzo-soprano and computer-generated tape. Composed in 1981 for David Starobin and the SUNY Purchase Guitar Ensemble, the piece is a celebration of folk wisdom, as well as folly.  It is based on a text excerpted from "The People, Yes" by Carl Sandburg and consists entirely of proverbs, sayings and anecdotes from the rich and varied backgrounds of immigrants, natives, fools and other Americans. Complementing this text is a heterogeneous music that draws on such styles as bluegrass, Irish, Jewish and African-American music, as well as American popular and European classical styles. 

The computer part was created at the Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. It is entirely synthesized, yet often resembles voices and plucked strings, using techniques pioneered by the composer and others at Stanford University. These techniques, known as "waveguide physical modeling" have recently been adopted by the synthesizer industry and are considered an advance over more familiar techniques due to the enhanced degree of expression. This work is the first musical composition to use this form of synthesis. It was followed a year later by the composer's more well-known "Silicon Valley Breakdown."

The recorded excerpt is from the a live performance with Kim Wheeler, mezzo-soprano, and the Purchase Guitar Ensemble, conducted by David Starobin. 

For further information, please visit jaffe.com


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