a r t i s t : Ellen Fullman
t i t l e : Body Music
d a t e : 1993
l a b e l : xi
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2009
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 78,5 MB
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Body Music is music for Ellen Fullman's unique Long String
Instrument, an eighty-foot long instrument with approximately
eighty strings. Fullman has been developing this instrument
for longitudinally vibrating long strings over the past
thirteen years. Having received a BFA in sculpture, her
interest in music began with the resonance of materials used
in making sculpture. When she started making the Long String
Instrument, she saw it as "sculpture as music;" now she has
come full circle in conceiving "music as sculpture." For the
most part, the music in Body Music relies harmonically on the
diatonic scale. Because of the prominence of overtone content,
more complex harmony is suggested. Through her studies of
extended harmony, Fullman has come to realize that harmony is
"dimensional."
"Composer/sculptor Fullman has been developing the Long String
Instrument since 1980. An 80-foot long ax with 80 strings,
concert presentation requires two to four players and a large
room. The title refers to the players' need to use their whole
bodies in performance, walking around the instrument, stroking
and stroking and striking the strings. Tuned in just
intonation and relying harmonically on the diatonic scale, the
long strings create a wash of drones and overtones. - Mark
Sullivan, Option
Searing, shifting textures seep into the air. Shimmering webs
of overtones evoke an otherworldly string section." -Josef
Woodard, Option
"Five more astonishing compositions on long string sculpture-
instruments, including the marvelously flowing "Work for 4,"
performed on a 145-foot-long string installation, already a
modern classic. "Space Between" surprisingly produces some
sounds normally associated with electronic music, and "Body
Music" suggests a kind of celestial Delta-blues with its bar
chording technique. A CD that will appeal to many listeners.
-"Blue" Gene Tyranny, All Music Guide
(www.experimentalintermedia.org/xi/109.shtml)
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01-Bass Song [14:29]
02-Over and Under [01:32]
03-Work For 4 [20:01]
04-Space Between [03:51]
05-Body Music [19:12]
06-Departure [03:59]
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63:04 min