"The Third Pillar and The Premonition of The Second Rung of The Fourth Pillar" - Rehearsal excerpt from an upoming evening-length performance

Apparitions of The Four Pillars (Excerpt) II-vii-2010 19:44:30"  - 19:52:16"  (Brooklyn)

"Apparitions of The Four Pillars in The Midwinter Starfield under The Astral 789 Duet" lasts for over three hours in performance, and involves not only sound but light, video, and incense in an immersive meditative experience.

The just intonation tuning of this work is highly evolved, with each pitch present within the sine wave drone. This excerpt focuses on the introduction of Upper pa (the 3rd harmonic) but there are several "unusual" pitches including the 49th harmonic (a 7th harmonic above the 7th harmonic) the 81st harmonic (a 9:8 above the 9th harmonic) and the 11th harmonic (a sort of just intonation tri-tone).

Performers: Randy Gibson (voice, sine waves); Drew Blumberg and Erik Carlson (violins); William Lang and Jen Baker (trombones); Meaghan Burke (cello)

This performance took place March 1, 2014 at the 5th annual Avant Music Festival

Apparitions of The Four Pillars - The introduction of Upper Pa

For a brief sample of the work, begin playback at 12:27, more is included on either side to put this moment in context. The full duration of the work in this performance was 3h18'36" and the above excerpt is from 2h04'17" to 2h29'21" in  the full performance and includes the introduction of the final drone section of the work.

The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D under Resonating Apparitions of the Eternal Process in The Midwinter Starfield - for Equal Tempered Piano and Harmonic Resonators - by Randy Gibson, commissioned by R. Andrew Lee

excerpt from the World Premiere performance on October 18, 2014 by R. Andrew Lee.

The Four Pillars Appearing from The Equal D... (Excerpt)

The Third Analog Pillar With Its Lowest Primes And The Ersatz Souvenir Of The Second Pillar With The High Madora Cornerstone And The Outlying Primal Abyss From Apparitions Of The Four Pillars 

Recorded on a Marantz PMD222 with Maxell UR-90 cassettes Brooklyn, NY VI-xix-2010 to VII-xxiv-2010. Randy Gibson: just intonation toy organs, voice; Drew Blumberg: cassette boomboxes; Laine Rettmer: voice

Released on The Tapeworm as part of Analog Apparitions http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/ttw24.html

The Third Analog Pillar...

The Midwinter Starfield Symmetry with The 81 Confluence over The 789 Firmament

This was the first fully formed example of extremely long delay structures in my work. Conceived one evening while at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music in Minneapolis, I sketched the max patch and the basic idea. While I was at the Manitou Arts Theater in Manitou Springs, Colorado, to premiere a section of my work Separate Haven, my long time collaborator Drew Blumberg recorded an example of the piece and it was a revelation.

I Am Slowly... 17:35 - 18:13 2006-III-17

VIII-xxix-12 2 16 (Waltz 14.2)

Waltz 37.3 from John Cage's 49 Waltzes for The Five Boroughs

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