Grammy®Award winning guitarist John Schneider performs Modern Masterworks based on antique models in their Historic Temperaments.

9 Bogdanovic - 3 Renaissance Micropieces | Melancholy Galliard

8 Bogdanovic - 3 Renaissance Micropieces | Fantasia

7 Ponce - Suite In A Minor | Gigue

6 Ponce - Suite In A Minor | Gavotte

5 Ponce - Suite In A Minor | Sarabande

4 Ponce - Suite In A Minor | Allemande

3 Ponce - Suite In A Minor | Prelude

2 Mudarra - Fantasia

1 Ponce - Preludio In E

Electric and acoustic guitars join the gongs, percussion, and explosive rhythms of Indonesian gamelan orchestras. From the flashy Angin Listrik, which evokes an electrical storm, to the blistering Rational Basis to the rocking Metalloid, inspired by, of all things, the periodic table of the elements, these new compositions range from delicate to wailing, gritty to glowing. The premiere recording of a concerto for refretted acoustic guitar and the luminous gongs and metallophones of the gamelan features Grammy winner John Schneider. Composer Bill Alves has been exploring such vibrant hybrids for decades since his studies in both electronic music and gamelan music on the islands of Java and Bali. Guitarists Sean Hayward and Nat Condit-Schultz, the powerful Los Angeles Electric 8 guitar octet, two different California gamelans, and an electronic music ensemble create a combustible combination of acoustic and electric sounds, Eastern and Western music.

Alves - Angin Listrik

GRAMMY® winning & triple nominee producer John Schneider and GRAMMY® nominated pianist Aron Kallay, themselves critically acclaimed performers of ‘microtonal’ music, created MicroFest Records to share their love of exciting repertoire that is simply unavailable anywhere else. Releases include world premiere studio recordings, as well as live performances from two decades of California’s celebrated MicroFest:

“World Class…” – Alan Rich, LA Weekly

“Performers were of a caliber that kept this listener in a state of continual astonishment.” – Mark Swed, LA Times

“After prolonged exposure to the rich, kaleidoscopic world of microtones, returning to equal-tempered music was like going back to black and white after spending a weekend immersed in color…” – Wall Street Journal

Alves - Angin Listrik

MicroFest Records

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