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Zeena Parkins

Dam Against The Spring Tide

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Composer/Performer Zeena Parkins announces the release of two multi-part compositions, inspired by discoveries she made combing through the Walter Benjamin archives in Berlin. “Past Turned Space” features virtuoso players William Winant/percussion and Brett Carson/keyboards navigating a set of vignettes, flickering in response to Benjamin’s intimate descriptions of childhood memories.

“Dam Against the Spring Tide” is graced with an all-star band of composer/performers, including: Zeena Parkins/acoustic harp and electronics, Magda Mayas/prepared keyboards, Tony Buck/percussion, Laurent Bruttin/clarinets, Christian Kesten/voice, Matty Ostrowski/electronics, and special guest, Sebastian Roux/processing. All of these pieces reveal how colors, shapes, codes, scribbles, erasures, puzzles, wordplay, graphology, and imitation as a way of knowing, can be used to initiate musical processes, playing strategies, conversations and ultimately scores.
Details
Cat. number: RPR1167
Year: 2024

Format

past turned space in 5 parts (1-5)

William Winant - vibraphone, crotales, harmonica

Brett Carson - piano, organ

Joan La Barbara - voice

Zeena Parkins - elbows on piano, field recordings

dam against the spring (6-10)

Laurent Bruttin - clarinets

Tony Buck - drums, orchestral percussion, objects

Christian Kesten - voice

Magda Mayas - piano, clavinet, objects

Matthew Ostrowski - electronics, processing

Zeena Parkins - acoustic harp

Sebastian Roux - electronic processing

Release notes

Catalog numbers "RPR1167" (on spine) and "rpr1167" (on back cover) are obviously wrong (already used for another release by the same label); catalog number "rpr1211" (on disc) looks correct. all music composed by zeena parkins, ascap eyeofnight past turned space in 5 parts (2021-2024) recorded at littlefield concert hall, mills college by brendan glasson joan la barbara recorded on minetta lane by zeena parkins, field recordings and ebows recorded in berlin by zeena parkins dam against the…

Tracklist
Past Turned Space In 5 Parts
1Grey Patterned Box5:33
2Black Extendable Box/Blue Folder4:36
3Brown Box With Crest/Sönneken Letter File3:42
4Yellowy Box With Green Edging3:23
5Cardboard Box (Torn In Half)5:19
Dam Against The Spring Tide
6Berlin Bedroom: Renwick St. Jan.14.202413:03
7Stefan's List & Color Code Score No. 2906:38
8Matching Tones7:31
9J'ai Plus De Souvenirs Que6:14
10Erasure Score11:53
Credits
Christian Phillip Mueller
Artwork [Images], Photography By [Images], Design Concept [Concept]
Zeena Parkins
Composed By [All Music Composed By], Field Recording [Field Recordings Recorded In Berlin By], Recorded By [Field Recordings And Ebows Recorded In Berlin By] (1 to 5), Producer, Recorded By [Minetta Lane] (1 to 5)
Sebastian Roux
Edited By [(...) Processed And Diffused Our Performance/Installation At Maerzmusik In 2015 At The Berlin Festspiel] (7)
Kevin Reilly
Executive-Producer
Gebr.Silvestri
Graphic Design
James Fei
Mastered By
Quentin Chiappetta
Mixed By [Mixing By (Medianoise)]
Elliott Sharp
Mixed By [Mixing By (Studio zOaR)]
Brendan Glasson
Recorded By [Littlefield Concert Hall] (1 to 5)
Doug Henderson
Recorded By [Micro-Moose Studio] (7, 8)
Matthew Ostrowski
Recorded By [Stefan's List Electronics Recorded By (Maerzmusik)], Edited By [Stefan's List Electronics Processed And Diffused By (Maerzmusik)] (7)
Lorenzo Wolff
Recorded By [Studio Renwick] (6)