Cantaloupe Music
The Memory Palace
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- Jeffrey Brooks
- Artist
- Jeffrey Brooks, Mark Stewart
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Cantaloupe Music
- Released
- Nov 21, 2025
- Catalog #
- CA21206
- UPC
- 713746320621
About
When composer Jeffrey Brooks premiered The Memory Palace at Bang on a Can's summer festival at MASS MoCA in July 2023, he'd perfected the presentation of what we now know as the Stein-o-caster - a new form of prepared piano, fitted with pickups, that he conceived and designed the previous year with electronics engineer Greg Lee. As a featured instrument on two pieces from this new recording, the Stein-o-caster sets the tone for the aural atmospherics and soundscapes that transport the music into fresh dimensions of space and time. An artist of wide-ranging musical tastes, Brooks has also held a lifelong affinity for the electric guitar (Jimi Hendrix is a personal hero), so in the context of The Memory Palace, it made sense to approach longtime collaborator Mark Stewart - in-house guitarist for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and musical director for Paul Simon's touring band - for a specially commissioned piece. This became "Santuario," scored for double-neck electric guitar, and a mini-epic of sonic exploration in it's own right.
Tracklist 3 tracks
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1 The Memory Palace 18:15
- Track
- 1
- Title
- The Memory Palace
- Duration
- 18:15
- Composer
- Jeffrey Brooks
- Performer
- Arlen Hlusko, Greg Lee, Spencer Lee, Mark Stewart, Michael Patrick Coyle, David Cossin
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2 Santuario 06:55
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Santuario
- Duration
- 06:55
- Composer
- Jeffrey Brooks
- Performer
- Mark Stewart
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3 Time Garden 15:18
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Time Garden
- Duration
- 15:18
- Composer
- Jeffrey Brooks
- Performer
- Franz Hackl, Greg Lee, Spencer Lee, Maura Bosch, David Cossin