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AK - 74

A collection of four works, each influenced by the nature and history of four cities from the Southern United States.
I.  Memphis - The nightlife and people enjoying the evening.
II. Mobile - Shrimp boats preparing at sunrise.
III. Biloxi - A murder-for-hire; for money, for power.
IV. Tupelo - A big church picnic.

Southern Suite for Wind Ensemble

Back again with some goodness to make you glad. Sweet music for sweet people. Hope you enjoy this Third instalment from me. Gas

DJ Gas 08/08/24  [Voices Radio]

"Joy" is the 1st movement of a 2 movement piece called "J" which was written to celebrate the 1st birthday of my son.

Boycott Spotify — go hear your local artists live” is a groovy, deep, and rhythmically driving techno live set, performed entirely on hardware.
Hypnotic patterns, organic percussion, rolling basslines, and a raw, improvised flow — the kind of sound that can only happen in the moment.

This set is a reminder that music isn’t just streamed — it’s lived.
Support your local artists. Go to small clubs, sweaty basements, bars, studios, raves.
This is my contribution: a techno ritual full of energy, intuition, and movement.

Recorded live — no edits, no corrections!

BlajéBlajé - Boycott Spotify — go hear your local artists live

Darf ich vorstellen. Laut exzessiv; leise bis melancholisch. Musik mal mit peitschender Kickdrum, harten Bässen und Synthesizern, aber im selben Masse versöhnlichen bis in die Tiefen der Herzen. Das bin ich, BlajéBlajé

A retired band director now able to dedicate time to his first love:  composing and arranging.  Send me a note if you're looking for a custom work or editing.

Ken Walicki is an American composer who is widely recognized and acknowledged for his dramatic, and engaging music, which reflects the times in which we live. Because of his unusual and interesting background, his sound world has evolved into a unique combination of Art, Pop, Jazz, and World music. Walicki‘s influences include Gyorgy Ligeti, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy, and much more. He was one of the first composers to use turntables in his music and the first composer to have turntables and a D.J. as regular members in a standing ensemble. His music has been performed throughout the world by, among others, the Kronos Quartet, ETHEL, the New Century Saxophone Quartet, the Soldier String Quartet, the Divan Consort, and members of the New York Philharmonic, The Los Angeles Symphony, The Los Angeles Chamber Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Pacific Symphony, the Istanbul Borusan Orchestra, and the SWR Kaiserslautern Orchestra. He is the composer-in-residence for the new music ensemble The Divan Consort. Walicki has received grants and commissions from a variety of organizations and performing ensembles including the American Composers Forum, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Kronos Quartet, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and Meet the Composer.
Growing up playing guitar in local Detroit garage bands, Walicki decided, at early age, he wanted to dedicate his life to music. His education included a two-year period in Germany as a Fulbright scholar where he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann, and Rolf Hempel. He was also an active participant in master classes with Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and William Schumann. After returning from Germany, he studied with Jere Hutcheson at Michigan State University where he received his Ph.D. Walicki enjoys traveling and finds it to be a fantastic source of inspiration. After
spending a large amount of time in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, he has found these cultures to be particularly close to his heart. Together these experiences have made him a composer of diverse, accessible, physically, and spiritually moving, yet intellectually rigorous music. In addition to his music being presented in traditional concert music venues such as Lincoln Center in New York and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, his music has also been performed in new music clubs such as CBGB’s, the Knitting Factory, and countless cafes and storefronts throughout the world. Without compromising his values, he has made a point of writing music that relates to people and their situations. Walicki has collaborated with a variety of artists in the classical, pop, theater, film, and dance worlds, including Lydia Lunch, Dora Ohrenstein, the Doug Elkins Dance Company, Emmy winning producer/director Mark Obenhaus, American Opera Projects, Bermuda Triangle, Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Kronos Quartet, Divan Consort, and Ensemble Green. He was the founder and composer of the Ken Valitsky Ensemble, which included Regina Carter and Thomas Chapin as members. Previously, besides being on the faculty at New York University, Walicki has taught composition in Istanbul, Turkey at the Center for Advanced Music Techniques(MIAM), a department of Istanbul Technical University. Currently, he lives in Southern California with his son, and the family dogs. His music is available on Knitting Factory Works, C.R.I., CRS Artists, Channel Records, Albany Records and Ravello Records.

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New tracks tagged #Jazz Influenced