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Brain Cloud (kk015)

by Joe Grimm

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Text by Joe Grimm

The seed for this music was planted when I participated in one of Glenn Branca's 100-guitar symphonies. The sound was incredible: a deafening, electric choir incorporating so many voices that the each element was subsumed within the group sound.
But I was struck even more by the unrealized potential in Branca's approach; the sound was separated into several identifiable voices, so that the impression given was of a conventional counterpoint-driven music. I wanted to make a particulate music that presented itself as a single mass of varying density, comprised of tens of thousands of individual events.
Soon afterward, I began to immerse myself in the piano music of Charlemagne Palestine. I learned from him that when two notes share a particular frequency in their overtone series, that frequency can be made to sing out clearly -- a ghost tone, not played directly, but arising from the interactions among the directly played notes. I began to compose and improvise with this in mind -- I could sketch out desired pitches, and then arrange webs of lower pitches that coincided to produce those target pitches within their harmonic series.

This music deals with overtones. I listen not so much to the direct-played notes; instead, I let my mind wander through the web of throbbing harmonics that arise as a result of their interaction. There are obvious sounds on the surface of the music, but eventually my ears penetrate beneath the surface to where harmonics overlap in countless reinforcements and cancellations. I love the glowing acoustic haze that seems to hover above the obvious notes, and the sustained ghost tones that emerge and recede within that cloudy texture.

The Brain Cloud pieces are through-composed according to the principles of overtone confluence and particle density. There are no special electronics on these recordings -- the humming sounds are the result of the acoustical interaction of voices, violins, horns, and above all, piano (Brain Cloud III was recorded live with three pianos, each played by three people; 18-handed piano). The harpsichord interludes are solo improvisations for harpsichord, equalizer, and slight delay.

本作は、シャルルマーニュ・パレスタインのピアノ・シリーズに色濃く影響されたもので、ある特定の周波数の2音同士が干渉しあう時に、 実音ではないゴースト・トーンが明確に響き渡る作用に焦点をあて作曲したもの。実際、この作品中に聴かれるハミングのような音は すべて声、バイオリン、ホーン、ピアノといった音同士が干渉しあうことによって生まれた音で、特別な電子音や加工は一切行われて いない。元ネタは全てライブ録音されており、収録楽曲中の「BRAIN CLOUDIII」などは、3台のピアノに、それぞれ3人の演奏者 (合計18本の手)によるもの。 ふんわりと生まれては消えて行く、その雲のような質感からタイトル「BRAIN CLOUD(脳の雲)」 は付けられており、全5曲の浮き雲を収録。

■Profile

Joe Grimm (formerly known as The Wind-Up Bird) is a composer/performer based in Providence, RI. Drawing inspiration from Charlemagne Palestine, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Alvin Lucier (with whom he has studied), Grimm makes music that involves acoustical and psychological phenomena. His work applies rational, structuralist tools in pursuit of irrational, ecstatic results. Performances frequently take the form of meditations: resonance, repetition, friction, and disintegration become the hypnotic focal points in an attempt to reach a state of inner tranquility and heightened attention to sonic minutiae. Grimm has collaborated with artists such as Lucky Dragons, Dirty Projectors, Glenn Branca, Alvin Lucier, Black Forest/Black Sea, and experimental filmmaker Ben Russell.

The Wing-Up Birdとしても知られる米国の作曲家。これまでにLucky Dragons, Dirty Projectors, Glenn Branca, Alvin Lucier, Black Forest/Black Seaとも精力的にコラボレーションを行ってる。

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released July 1, 2008

All music composed by Joe Grimm
www.thewindupbird.com

Drawings by Cybele Collins
Artwork design by mondii

Brain Cloud III was recorded live in Grant Hall, Providence, RI.
It was performed by Luke Fischbeck, Chris Mulligan, Geoff Mullen, Scott Rieber, Jason McGill, Anne Schattle, Peter Segerstrom, Jeffrey Alexander, and Miriam Goldberg.

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