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cdr|m's
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artist :: david maranha
release :: piano suspenso
year :: 1998
genre :: avantgarde
label :: sonoris
catalogue :: son21 cd
date :: 24-nov-2002
quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz
source :: compact disc
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01 piano suspenso 71:25
playtime :: 01h 11m 25s
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the best of the three new cd's by sonoris i'd saved for the last.
david maranha, one third of osso exotico, recorded a hauntingely
beautiful piece in new york, using four motors and a violin bow to
play the grandpiano. the motors create rich textures of overtones
that slowly go in and out of phase and make unknown harmonies
audible. the bow plays something like the melody off and on. there
is a very special thanks to phill nilblock (sic) and if you know
his music, then you know what to expect as it fits his tradition
of minimal music very well.
frans de waard
vital
ever since american composer henry cowell first emptied a bag of
screws into a piano, it has became de rigueur for cheapjack avant
gardists to ætreatÆ instruments with lowly hausehold objects in
pursuit of that wild, elusive sound. but david maranhaÆs
application of four motors and violin bow to a piano is motivated
less by a desire for novelty than the internal needs of his music.
after a tentative opening consisting of damp harmonic scrapes, the
piece takes off like a single-engined light aircraft when maranha
kickstarts his four-motored piano effect and then starts to tease
single notes from the bubbling background with his bow. this is a
great and physically affecting slab of sound, where the slightest
minimal shift causes tectonic plates to groan. itÆs gravy train
stuff for fans of maryanne amacher, arnold dreyblatt and - perhaps
maranhaÆs major influence - phill niblock.
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greetings :: sb, dps, cmc, sour, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc
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