Name: Exotic Journey by Matt Wuolle
Duration: 6 min 18 s
Description: Abstract electronic music, composed and performed by Matt Wuolle. Copyright 2016, All Rights Reserved.

An instrumental I wrote, dedicated to the Ukranians and their brave fight against Putin.

The Fight of the Ukranian Prince

Poetry is the tongue of the stutterers.
I mean, I think so.
For if there were no stutterers, what would be the use
of rhythm. Clock. Ocean. Wind. Whistle.
                       - - - Tamir Greenberg

STUTTERERS  Aug 6 2023:2024 - 24b

Performed by members of Ensemble Intercontemporain
Odile Auboin, viola
Emmanuelle Ophèle, bass flute
Eric-Maria Couturier, cello
Alain Billard, contrabass clarinet
Recorded live at Philharmonie Essen on October 25th, 2015

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We met as Sparks — Diverging Flints
Sent various — scattered ways —
We parted as the Central Flint
Were cloven with an Adze —
Subsisting on the Light We bore
Before We felt the Dark —
A Flint unto this Day — perhaps —
But for that single Spark.

Emily Dickinson

We Met As Sparks (2015) for bass flute, contrabass clarinet, viola and cello

Soprano Pipistrelles recorded at Parc Ornithologique du Pont de Gau, Camargue, France in September 2024. Using EchoMeter Touch Pro by Wildlife Acoustics.

Parc Ornithologique Excerpt

Exotic Journey

A concerto in one movement for harp and chamber orchestra. Score at hiltonkeanjones.com/music

Fantasy For Harp And Chamber Orchestra

Audio Recording on Sunday night

Matt is a composer and guitarist, and an ad hoc recordist of environmental sounds, noise, and street sounds.  His improvisational guitar performances oftentimes incorporate random detuning of the guitar which is an attempt to impose a focus on sound and texture.  

Matt started in garage bands at 16, played regional bars in rock/pop bands in the southwest Florida area, and later added studies in jazz and classical guitar.  He then focused on composition at USF Tampa, Florida, and completed his Master’s degree in composition at Princeton University.   Matt has created over six cd's of original music, collaborated with film and video artists, and various works have been presented nationally and internationally.
His piece Collage (for percussion and electronic soundtrack) is published by HoneyRock, with the score available through HoneyRock and J.W. Pepper. 

Notable influences include: Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Beethoven, Penderecki (experimental period only), Xenakis, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Bartok, Debussy, Carter, Cecil Taylor, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago's live improvisations.  Time period qualified influences: early-mid 1970s John Mclaughlin and Yes.

Matt also works with the experimental group Sound Janitor he founded with Greg Diamond.

Exotic Journey

Matt Wuolle

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