Artist : Greg Davis
Title : Primes
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 01/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 05
Label : Autumn Records
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 64:51 min
Size : 76,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.minimal 14:41
02.happy 13:07
03.palindromic 13:06
04.lucky 12:57
05.pythagorean 11:00
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64:51 min
Barely a week has elapsed since Greg
Davis' brand new Kranky long-player
arrived, and already we have a self-
released companion piece to play with.
Primes is a more studied, disciplined
and academic work than Mutually Arising,
made using prime number sets programmed
into sine wave generators in Max/MSP.
Davis would choose a fundamental base
frequency as a starting point and then
multiplied that number by each prime
number in a given set to determine the
"harmonics / partials / overtones". This
methodical, mathematical approach is
presented within a rhythmic cycle
determined by a 3-beat pattern which
itself is constructed according to prime
number relations. If all this sounds a
tad sterile, well, it really isn't. This
is magical stuff, deriving its substance
from the building blocks of sound in a
revealing and (more importantly)
beautiful way that follows in a musical
tradition that harkens back to Olivier
Messaien's experiments with primes in
the first half of the twentieth century.
This album really shouldn't be allowed
to be dwarfed by Davis' higher profile
Kranky release: it's surely one of the
most fascinating and arresting
electronic records of the year so far.
Do try and get one while you can.
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