love the unison of the percussion ad timpani....ace

Composed, recorded and produced by KOYKO
Mallets, Keys and percussion: Coco G. Diez

https://koyko.bandcamp.com/track/flyover

BIG SUR

Flyover

Composed, recorded and produced by KOYKO
Mallets, Keys and Percussion: Coco G. Diez

https://koyko.bandcamp.com/track/southern-waltz

Southern Waltz

Millennium Jazz Music would like to welcome you to our new production series entitled Variations. We have put together a brand new international collective simply called, TekHedz. As the name may suggest, this collective is built up of some of our favourite tech composers who are masters and experimentalists in the area of synthesis and sound design.

Expect fully composed electronic instrumentals in various forms, styles and tempos as these TekHedz each perform and express their own take on electronic music.

bit.ly/TekHedzVV1

Spoony Bard - Mania | Variations vol. 1

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Brooklyn-based bassist/composer Kenneth Jimenez presents his new work Sonnet to Silence on We Jazz Records, 17 November. Consisting of 7 original compositions by Jimenez performed by his quartet including pianist Angelica Sanchez, drummer Gerald Cleaver and saxophonist Hery Paz, Sonnet to Silence echoes the original fire of New York free jazz while stepping into a terrain of its own, boldly forward-thinking.

Jimenez, originally from Costa Rica, has a knack at composing pieces that breathe naturally and take fight on the wings provided by the first-rate quartet, joining scene stalwarts and newcomers together as a coherent unit.

"Since I was a kid I’ve had this reoccurring dream of running towards the edge of a mountain and suddenly discovering myself flying down to the valley, feeling weightless and fearless", say Jimenez. "This record is the materialization of that dream. The uncompromising voices in the band and our shared desire to explore the unknown make this music live and breathe. It feels that the possibilities become endless when creating with these master improvisers, and the only thing that matters is to take that initial jump into the abyss."

The opening track and first single "Dos Tazas" is a fine example of what the quartet can achieve. It sneaks up on the listener, drawing you in from the first moments, before revealing its melodically adventurous nature in its fullest. As a whole, the album lets the band loose at times, while the music maintains its natural flow. With Sonnet to Silence, Kenneth Jimenez establishes himself as a composer and bandleader with remarkably strong presence.

Dos Tazas

Beneath

NAQQARA  (13'52'')  Naqqara is the name of the drums that the ottoman army carried on their military conquests, playing them at unison while approaching their enemy created a devastating psychological effect. Inspired by this, the composition features all the percussion at unison (created by offsetting the rhythmic cells) then different electronic elements join in adding tension and uncertainty.

Composition & Production: @cocogdiez
Timpani: @cocogdiez
Drums & Percussion: @perikoraez
Mixing & Sampling: Dj Cubo (@silumsoundz)

Vitoria (Spain)2016

Sound Tales ...of Timpani - NAQQARA (extract)

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SOUND TALES...

Researching the acoustic possibilities of orchestra instruments is not a new thing and neither is adding electronic sounds to contemporary classical music. This project wants to take out of context some of the less known (and sometimes considered least versatile) orchestra instruments, like the percussion family, in an effort to bring them closer to a parallel music universe populated by sequencers, loops and programming. By exploiting their acoustic and functional possibilities and reshaping their way of expression, these instruments jump into the world of electronic music production, everyday more relevant and present in our society.

The tools for the creation of electronic music have developed and multiplied in an spectacular way over the last decade. As well as opening new landscapes to experimental music, the tools have also changed the concept of instrument and instrumentalist. This concept expands now to include those people versed in their virtual instruments, control pads and synthesised sounds. To actively participate within this newly adopted role, these once exclusive orchestra instruments abandon their physical and acoustic boundaries to adapt to the electronic way and speak the same language.

"SOUND TALES" Wants to recreate the sonic fantasies of instruments that live tied up to their own idiosyncrasy.

SOUND TALES are:
Coco G Diez: timpani and percussion
Periko Raez: drums and percusion
DJ Cubo: mixing and effex

Compositions & Production by Coco G Diez

Sound Tales ...of Timpani - NAQQARA (extract)

SOUND TALES

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