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Jeffrey Stolet - The Computer Music of Jeffrey Stolet - Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw & Cow
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Jeffrey Stolet - The Computer Music of Jeffrey Stolet - Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw & Cow
Avant-Garde/Computer Music | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC tracks+log+cue+art | 330 MB
Label: Newport Classic (US) | Catalog#: NPD 85532 | Released: 1992 | RapidShare
Avant-Garde/Computer Music | 1 CD | EAC | FLAC tracks+log+cue+art | 330 MB
Label: Newport Classic (US) | Catalog#: NPD 85532 | Released: 1992 | RapidShare
| “ |  Nasty and raw. OK, what do you expect from an electronic piece that mentions a chainsaw and a cow in its title? Obviously, Mendelssohn's Spring Song it ain't. Jeffrey Stolet, who was born in 1955 in Puerto Rico, studied at the University of New Mexico, and got his doctorate in music composition at the University of Texas, is a leading computer music composer who joined the faculty of the University of Oregon in 1988. He became the director of the Center for Computer Music at that institution's School of Music and director of Future Music Oregon. His compositions often have titles that promise uncomfortable content: among them are Worms and Desolation, Strains, and Sonata Formication. ("Formication" is the abnormal sensation of having ants or other bugs running around on your skin.) Stolet composed this work during the period he was working on his doctorate at the University of Texas. In 1982 the world of electronic music was making a transition from an early phase (where music was made out of manipulated pre-taped sound, or musique concrète, and/or synthesized sound from an expensive mainframe computer or a less expensive but still quite costly analog synthesizer set-up) to a new orientation (personally owned digital micro-computers with MIDI-controlled setups). Stolet used an early digital music system, the Fairlight Computer Music Instrument. This device was quite versatile, surprisingly so since it was only an eight-bit system. The sound here has its limitations and some inherent noise, but this suits the sonic concept or the work; A "nasty and raw sonic fabric" is the composer's own characterization of the composition. The work starts with fast, blippy, flippy computer sounds that then clarify and settle into percussive clicks and bumps. There are no chainsaw imitations in the sound, per se, though many of the sounds seem to be generated by saw-tooth waves. (This is a wave form that always results in harsh, buzzing sounds.) There are, however, cow sounds and moos in various registers and at various speeds. Happily, none of them suggest that the cows are undergoing the infliction of any particular pain. In short, a very in your face piece that will never show up on a "Classical Music for Relaxation" disc. ~ All Music Guide | ” |
Track List -
01. Strains (in two movements) (1986) (12:52)
02. Sonata Formication (1986) (15:59)
03. Worms and Desolation (1983) (7:10)
04. Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw & Cow (1982) (5:48)
05. The Main Event (Rounds IV and V) (1990) (7:52)
06. Gregorian (1988) (11:57)
01. Strains (in two movements) (1986) (12:52)
02. Sonata Formication (1986) (15:59)
03. Worms and Desolation (1983) (7:10)
04. Concerto for Orchestra, Chainsaw & Cow (1982) (5:48)
05. The Main Event (Rounds IV and V) (1990) (7:52)
06. Gregorian (1988) (11:57)
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Posted By:
Dualtrack
Date:
19 Feb 2010 05:33:43
Interesting! Looking forward to checking this out!
Posted By:
t-dog
Date:
28 Sep 2011 08:53:38
sadly, this is now offline - any chance of reposting this?
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