Artist : Taylor Deupree & Kenneth Kirschner
Title : Post_Piano 2
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2005
Date : 03/26/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 04
Label : 12k
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 52:29 min
Size : 56,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.08.09.2004 11:18
02.01.09.2005 10:09
03.09.15.2004 12:14
04.11.11.2003 18:48
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52:29 min
Taylor Deupree & Kenneth KirschnerÆs post_piano 2 continues the two New York composersÆ collaborative
investigation into the intersections of digital minimalism and experimental piano composition. Working with
his childhood acoustic piano and the accidental sounds of an imperfect recording environment, Kirschner
first composed a simple, austere ôpiano sketchö to serve as raw material for the project. This sketch was
then passed on to Deupree, who created three new compositions entirely out of sounds derived from
KirschnerÆs piece. The two then collaborated on editing the new recordings, which transform the original
piano sketch into a diverse array of sounds both familiar and unexpected. Like their previous CD,
post_piano 2 is released as an open source project, and the composers invite other artists to continue the
interpretation and transformation of their work in an ongoing process of open collaboration.
Kenneth Kirschner on post_piano 2:
ôTaylor and I wrote post_piano in 2002, and since then I had added to my studio an actual acoustic piano û
in fact, the very piano on which I first started studying at the age of 5. ItÆs an old piano, with an old sound,
and I knew I wanted to use it for post_piano 2. But my studio doesnÆt exactly offer a pristine environment for
recording acoustic instruments û not least because an elevated train runs by the window every few
minutes. My idea, therefore, was to emphasize the environmental sounds of the space, and create a piano
piece that was as much a series of field recordings as an actual studio work. The result was ôNovember
11, 2003ö û a spare, fragmentary piano sketch recorded using techniques that ranged from the relatively
high-tech to the very, very low-tech. This formed the source material for the entire project. And from that
point on, the process was similar to our previous CD: the piano sketch was handed off to Taylor, who
chopped it up in the computer and built new compositions from the resulting fragments. I encouraged him
to focus as much on the accidental sounds û the passing subway, the street noises, the creaking of the
old pianoÆs mechanisms û as on the piano notes themselves. Taylor wrote three long pieces using three
distinct approaches, and each transforms the piano sketch into something new while still evoking the
character of the original. His tracks have a modern, state-of-the-art sound û yet they never let you forget
that what youÆre hearing was once a piano. We then collaborated on the editing of these pieces, which
make up the first three tracks of the CD. The final track is ôNovember 11, 2003ö itself; the CD thus
concludes at the projectÆs beginning, with a coda that reveals the origin of all the sounds that preceded it.
And as with the first post_piano, weÆre presenting this new CD as an open source project: itÆs released
under an open license, and we eagerly look forward to hearing how our friends and colleagues take these
old sounds and find new uses for them.ö
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