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C. Smith: Nikko Wolverine, Tons tons macoutes, Genus, Sho-Bu

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Details

Composer
SMITH, CHAS
Artist
Chas Smith
Format
CD
Label
Cold Blue Music
Released
Nov 01, 2000
Catalog #
CB0003
UPC
800413000327

About

Chas Smith, a maverick West Coast composer in the spirit of Harry Partch and Harry Bertoia, creates much of his music from instruments of his own design and own tuning. The first two pieces on this CD, beautiful and texturally dense, explore the often electronic/music-concrete-sounding world of Smith’s bowed and struck metal instruments. The leisurely paced last two pieces feature the composer performing on pedal steel guitar. Electronic Musician magazine wrote of this CD, “Smith creates unsettling music that is both beautiful and eerie.” International Record Review wrote, “This disc offers musical experiences utterly out of the ordinary…. Smith’s pieces are music of experiment and discovery: a way of enabling the physical world to ‘speak’ by investigating, harnessing and organizing its sonic properties. The extraordinary sound-world of Smith’s articulately structured music captivates from the start.” The Wire magazine commented, “With Smith’s music, the sounds are as compelling as his concepts and instruments.”

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. The Presence of One 06:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. The Presence of One
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  2. 2 No. 2. Of One Forbids 07:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Of One Forbids
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  3. 3 No. 3. The Presence of Another 07:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. The Presence of Another
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  4. 4 Tons tons macoutes 13:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tons tons macoutes
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  5. 5 Genus, Sho-Bud 13:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Genus, Sho-Bud
    Duration
    13:26
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith
  6. 6 Near the Divide 04:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    Near the Divide
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Chas Smith
    Performer
    Chas Smith