SETH HORVITZ : Eight Studies for Automatic Piano

'Inspired by the work of James Tenney, György Ligeti, Charlemagne Palestine, and Conlon Nancarrow, Seth Horvitz’s Eight Studies for Automatic Piano makes use of simple, computer-aided compositional processes to test the limits of human perception and machine precision. It relies on a bare minimum of technical means to explore notions of temporal distortion, iterative process, and elegant complexity. Presented in an immersive concert setting without the presence of a human performer, Eight Studies questions traditional notions of live performance and musical “life.”

All works composed by Seth Horvitz (Sutekh). Performed by the Yamaha Disklavier C7 Mark III. Recorded at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, April 2010. Special thanks: Richard Chartier, James Fei, Les Stuck, Fred Frith, Chris Brown, and all at Mills. image: Study No. 1 (piano roll view)'



I Study No. 14: Arch Study For The Highest Eight Notes 5:18
II Study No. 4: Sixteen Diatonic Glissandi Moving At Harmonic Rates 2:22
III Study No. 2: An Approximate Series Of Approximate Harmonic Series 6:05
IV Study No. 13: Echoes 3:57
V Study No. 21: Bells 5:20
VI Study No. 1: Octaves, Systematically Filled And Folded 5:46
VII Study No. 29: Tentacles 4:26
VIII Study No. 99: Strumming Machine 12:31

Composed By [All Works] – Seth Horvitz, Sutekh
Mastered By – Taylor Deupree
Performer [Performed By] – Yamaha Disklavier C7 Mark III
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