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Orchestra Carbon: Radiolaria
by Elliott Sharp
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Radiolaria 1
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Radiolaria 2
02:37
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Radiolaria 3
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Radiolaria 4
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Radiolaria 5
04:39
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Radiolaria 6
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Radiolaria 7
20:42
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about
RADIOLARIA is an algorithmic composition for E#'s Orchestra Carbon modeled on biological paradigms of growth and reproduction. The score combines musical notation with written instructions that guide the performers' interactions in order to generate both musical structures and acoustic phenomena such as "difference tones." These effects are enhanced by E#'s live computer processing of the ensemble's aggregate sound. Through this process, overtones and subharmonics are extracted, processed, and then fed back into the mix to generate difference tone effects and "ghost instruments". The sound ranges from sweet and transparent to a dense and throbbing roar. Radiolaria premiered at the Whitney Museum at 42nd St in December 1999. This release was recorded live at Tonic - NYC, March 31, 2001.
From The N.Y. Times - March 2000: "East and West Meet Between the Notes" -Jon Pareles
"Mr. Sharp's Orchestra Carbon -- pairs of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, bass clarinets and keyboards, along with tympani and Mr. Sharp on soprano saxophone and laptop computer -- played "Radiolaria," based on formulas of biological growth. Again and again, relative simplicity -- a single wavering note, a chord, a pattern of unison attacks -- gave way to teeming complexity. Dissonant chords welled up, sometimes throbbing with phantom tones produced by nuances of tuning; quick, tootling patterns appeared, then melted into the clangor. Although each section traced a similar arc, the particulars kept changing: low and reedy, piercing, hefty like a big band, lush and orchestral and finally a pristine open fifth whose growth pattern was left to listeners' imaginations."
From The N.Y. Times - March 2000: "East and West Meet Between the Notes" -Jon Pareles
"Mr. Sharp's Orchestra Carbon -- pairs of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, bass clarinets and keyboards, along with tympani and Mr. Sharp on soprano saxophone and laptop computer -- played "Radiolaria," based on formulas of biological growth. Again and again, relative simplicity -- a single wavering note, a chord, a pattern of unison attacks -- gave way to teeming complexity. Dissonant chords welled up, sometimes throbbing with phantom tones produced by nuances of tuning; quick, tootling patterns appeared, then melted into the clangor. Although each section traced a similar arc, the particulars kept changing: low and reedy, piercing, hefty like a big band, lush and orchestral and finally a pristine open fifth whose growth pattern was left to listeners' imaginations."
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released May 7, 2021
Personnel:
alto sax: Ned Rothenberg, Andy Laster
trumpet: Brian McWhorter
flugelhorn: Eric Shanfield
bass clarinet: Tim Smith, Evan Spritzer
trombone: Steve Swell
bass trombone: Julie Kalu
sampler: Zeena Parkins, David Weinstein
percussion: Jim Pugliese
MAX/MSP programmer: Luke Dubois
soprano sax, laptop: Elliott Sharp
Recorded Mar. 31, 2001 by Bruce Gallanter at Tonic NYC
Remix/master by E# at Studio zOaR - NYC
Personnel:
alto sax: Ned Rothenberg, Andy Laster
trumpet: Brian McWhorter
flugelhorn: Eric Shanfield
bass clarinet: Tim Smith, Evan Spritzer
trombone: Steve Swell
bass trombone: Julie Kalu
sampler: Zeena Parkins, David Weinstein
percussion: Jim Pugliese
MAX/MSP programmer: Luke Dubois
soprano sax, laptop: Elliott Sharp
Recorded Mar. 31, 2001 by Bruce Gallanter at Tonic NYC
Remix/master by E# at Studio zOaR - NYC
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Elliott Sharp New York, New York
Elliott Sharp: composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, author, leads Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics and Terraplane with compositional strategies including fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors as well as new techniques for graphic notation to yield work that catalyzes a synesthetic approach to musicmaking as well as functioning as retinal art. ... more
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