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Other Minds is pleased to present Polytempo Music, a new recording by American composer Brian Baumbusch with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Polytempo Music draws influence from Indonesian gamelan music and minimalism, with their interlocking rhythms, stable harmonies, and kaleidoscopic instrumental colors. Conceptually, it also owes a debt to Conlon Nancarrow's rhythmic experiments. Building on those foundations, Baumbusch invites us to explore an advanced heterophony—multiple instruments playing variations of the same melody simultaneously. Polytempo Music will be issued in three different formats simultaneously: as a compact disc on Other Minds Records; as a virtual reality application for the Meta Quest headset; and as a mobile app for both Apple and Android users. The two apps will be issued on Baumbusch’s Holography label.
Details
Cat. number: OM 1047-2
Year: 2024
Release notes:
Recorded November 2022 - June 2023
Tracklist
| Polytempo Music | |||
| 1 | Opening | 3:40 | |
| 2 | Clockwise | 5:18 | |
| 3 | Murmuration Of Twelve | 2:55 | |
| 4 | Trifluence | 3:38 | |
| 5 | Hex Tree | 4:12 | |
| 6 | Canon Of Twelve | 3:48 | |
| 7 | Adzan | 5:02 | |
| 8 | Skalen 35 | 3:00 | |
| 9 | Pas De Deux | 4:12 | |
| 10 | Heliks 45 | 2:20 | |
| 11 | Counterclockwise | 5:06 | |
| 12 | Hourglass | 6:04 | |
Credits
- Mark Abramson
- Art Direction, Design
- Jeff Anderle
- Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
- Douglas Machiz
- Cello
- Matthew Boyle
- Clarinet
- Brian Baumbusch
- Conductor [Session], Composed By, Producer, Engineer, Mastered By, Cover
- Richard Worn
- Double Bass
- San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
- Ensemble
- Charles Amirkhanian
- Executive Producer
- David Tanenbaum
- Guitar
- George Grella
- Liner Notes
- Kyle Bruckmann
- Oboe, English Horn
- Keisuke Nakagoshi
- Piano
- Eric Dudley
- Producer
- Richard Aldag
- Producer
- Haruka Fuji
- Vibraphone
- Christina Simpson
- Viola, Violin
- Hrabba Atladottir
- Violin
- Kevin Rogers
- Violin
