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Wolfe: Dark Full Ride / Moore
Cantaloupe Music

Wolfe: Dark Full Ride / Moore

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Details

Composer
WOLFE, JULIA
Artist
Julia Wolfe
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Nov 10, 2009
Catalog #
CA21058
UPC
713746305826

About

This fall, Cantaloupe Music will release Julia Wolfe's Dark Full Ride: Music in Multiples, her first album since 2003. It consists of four new compositions, each clocking in at over 15 minutes, each written for multiples of individual instruments--nine bagpipes, four drum sets, six pianos, and eight double basses. Wolfe says, "Like staring for a long time at a Rothko painting, I imagined each of these pieces as an exploration of one color. But in truth an instrument isn't really a single timbre. There are a myriad of worlds within each sound." Working closely with the performers during the composing process, Wolfe uncovers a never before-heard music. For example, while writing "LAD," she discovered the initial drone produced while filling the bagpipe with air, using that as the piece's introduction. The first seven minutes of the title track "Dark Full Ride" use only a drum set's hi-hats. "my lips from speaking" builds on the piano riff from a classic R&B song to showcase the instrument's ferocity. Finally "Stronghold" shows the bass isn't just about low end. Says Wofe: "With each piece I tried to dive into a psychedelic landscape, at once multilayered, fractured, ecstatic, silent, driving, cacophonous, and direct." " "Sales Inventory

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 07:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Matthew Welch
  2. 2 II. — 08:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Matthew Welch
  3. 3 Part I 07:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part I
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Ensemble
    Talujon Percussion Quartet
  4. 4 Part II 10:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part II
    Duration
    10:12
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Ensemble
    Talujon Percussion Quartet
  5. 5 I. — 06:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Lisa Moore
  6. 6 II. — 03:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Lisa Moore
  7. 7 III. — 04:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Lisa Moore
  8. 8 I. — 08:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    08:05
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Robert Black
  9. 9 II. — 09:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Julia Wolfe
    Performer
    Robert Black