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Artist......: Kamala Sankaram
Album.......: Crescent
Label.......: Neuma Records
Genre.......: Avantgarde
Catnr.......: Neuma187
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2026-01-19
Str.date....: 2024-01-04
Quality.....: 685 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.kamalasankaram.com
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1. Crescent - A Brief History of Progress 4:57
2. Crescent - Heat Map: 1990-1999 1:39
3. Crescent - The Machine in the Garden 4:19
4. Crescent - Heat Map: 2000-2009 1:43
5. Crescent - Polyethylene 3:32
6. Crescent - The Memory of Birds 4:47
7. Crescent - Heat Map: 2010-2022 2:21
8. Crescent 4:15
9. 5 Rasas 10:22
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,: Crescent is the first solo album from acclaimed composer and :,
: performer Kamala Sankaram. Summoning a wide array of timbres and :
:' styles, the album traces the impact of human technologies on ':
,: the natural world, fusing the sounds of steam engines, :,
: helicopters, and electromagnetic static with field recordings :
:' from across New York State in both composed and improvised ':
,: settings for voice, percussion, and electronics. :,
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: The song cycle Crescent is a showcase for SankaramÆs expressive :
:' singing and use of extended technique. She is joined by ':
,: percussionist Brian Shankar Adler, her collaborator in the :,
: operatic Bollywood surf ensemble, Bombay Rickey. Adler employs :
:' dazzling virtuosity on SankaramÆs compositions for tabla and in ':
,: extended improvisations using junk metal and plastic. :,
: Interspersed throughout are sonifications of temperature data :
:' where pitch is associated with the global average temperature ':
,: on land and sea. :,
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: 5 Rasas was originally commissioned by Works and Process at the :
:' Guggenheim as accompaniment to choreography by Preeti ':
,: Vasudevan. Taking structure from five different rasas (emotional :,
: states in Indian classical art), the piece is built using chance :
:' operations and found sounds including field recordings and ':
,: those weird WW2-era Short Wave radio stations that broadcast :,
: nothing but numbers. The string quartet that forms the musical :
:' motive for the piece was first composed as a theme for ':
,: Iphigenia in the Shakespeare Theatre Company production of Ellen :,
: McLaughlinÆs Oresteia. :
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:' Praised by The Washington Post as ôone of the most exciting ':
,: opera composers in the countryö, Kamala Sankaram moves freely :,
: between the worlds of experimental music and contemporary opera. :
:' She has collaborated with the likes of Anthony Braxton and ':
,: Meredith Monk and is currently a member of the composition :,
: faculties at the Mannes College of Music and SUNY Purchase. :
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