File under: ContemporaryMinimalism
2005 release ** "Bending the Tonic (2004), a work for ensemble that November Music commissioned De Bièvre to compose. In this work, a computer records all the audio signals of the musicians (except for those of the contrabass and percussion) and plays these signals back according to a fixed temporal system. The harmonic basis is formed by a stereotypical blues progression, that De Bièvre stretches over 144 measures. The title refers to the importance of the tonic in blues music."
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File under: ContemporaryMinimalism
Cat. number: csr001
Year: 2005
Notes:
CD1 recorded live during the November Music Festival at Orpheus Instituut, in Gent on November 21, 2004.
CD2 recorded live during the Warmer By The Stove Series, in New York City on January 28 2005.
Packaged in a gatefold dual-pocket digifile.
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