STEPHEN O'MALLEY : Gruides lp [LP [DDS013]] : noise music, experimental music, contemporary music, sound art, electronic music, improvisation, free jazz, avant-garde music, PARALLAX RECORDS online shop

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STEPHEN O'MALLEY : Gruides lp

  • Format: LP [DDS013]
  • Shipping Weight: 0.47lbs
  • Label: DDS

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'Restocked, last copies. The dark interpreter Stephen O'Malley ov Sunn O))) presents his towering orchestral composition Gruides, commissioned by French 35-piece improv orchestra ONCEIM -- l'Orchestre de Nouvelles Creations, Experimentations et Improvisation Musicales -- and released thru Demdike Stare's DDS label. In early 2014 O'Malley was approached by pianist and composer Frederic Blondy to write a work for the orchestra, which is made up of exceptional musicians from the fields of contemporary, jazz, experimental, improvisation, and classical. Understandably intimidated by the prospect, but encouraged to "just be punk rock about it," the preternaturally gifted composer has conceived a technically demanding -- for the players, at least -- and richly rewarding long-form drone piece intently focused on harmonic experimentation and overtone study. During its 35-minute lifespan, Gruides requires the musicians to sustain pitches for several minutes (which is difficult enough for strings, and a real feat of endurance for woodwind), yielding spectra of eliding dissonance rent in sliding tone clusters and lucent geometries punctuated by a similar whipcrack percussion to that used in Sunn O)))'s 2014 collaboration with Scott Walker. It makes great use of the acoustic qualities of Saint Merry church in central Paris, as captured in the recording of IRCAM's Augustin Muller and mastered by Matt Colton with a detached spaciousness evocatively distilled in Jean-Luc Verna's cover art. It's an incredibly immersive piece that comes highly recommended if you're into the work of Phill Niblock, Alvin Lucier, Ellen Fullman, Harley Gaber, and, indeed, Sunn O))).'



Tracklist
A Gruides First
B Gruides Second

Credits
Design [Dessin De Couverture: Gruides, 2015] ? Jean-Luc Verna
Directed By [Directeur Artistique de l'ONCEIM] ? Frederic Blondy
Mastered By ? Matt Colton
Musician [Les Musiciens], Accordion ? Pierre Cussac
Musician [Les Musiciens], Alto Saxophone ? Pierre-Antoine Badaroux
Musician [Les Musiciens], Baritone Saxophone ? Benjamin Dousselaere, Carmen Lefrancois
Musician [Les Musiciens], Cello ? Deborah Walker, Felicie Bazelaire
Musician [Les Musiciens], Clarinet ? Joris Ruhl, Xavier Charles
Musician [Les Musiciens], Contrabass ? Benjamin Duboc, Frederic Marty, Sebastien Beliah
Musician [Les Musiciens], Electronics ? Arnaud Riviere, Diemo Schwarz
Musician [Les Musiciens], Euphonium ? Jean Daufresne, Vianney Desplantes
Musician [Les Musiciens], Guitar ? Giani Caserotto, Jean-Sebastien Mariage
Musician [Les Musiciens], Organ ? Alvise Sinivia, Frederic Blondy
Musician [Les Musiciens], Percussion ? Antonin Gerbal, Julien Loutelier, Remi Durupt
Musician [Les Musiciens], Tenor Saxophone ? Bertrand Denzler
Musician [Les Musiciens], Trumpet ? Louis Laurain
Musician [Les Musiciens], Viola [Alto] ? Cyprien Busolini, Elodie Gaudet
Musician [Les Musiciens], Violin ? Patricia Bosshard
Orchestra ? ONCEIM
Recorded By, Mixed By ? Augustin Muller

Notes
Commande de l'ONCEIM, Paris 2014.
Produit par BABEL Productions et ONCEIM.
Enregistre en concert lors du festival Crak, le 26 Septembre 2014 a l'eglise Saint-Merri, Paris.
Prise de son et mixage: les 20-21 novembre 2014 a Naxos Bobine, Paris.
Mastering en fevrier 2015 a Alchemy Mastering, Londres.
Dessin de couverture: Gruides, 2015
Transfert sur papier Bristol rehausse de crayon de couleur et maquillage 60 x 83,5 cm

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