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TERRY RILEY / STEFANO SCODANIBBIO : Diamond Fiddle Language

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Format: CD [WER66752]
Shipping Weight: 0.1lbs
Label: Wergo

1,999円

'"On this CD, the European avant-garde meets American minimalism; an 18th-century double bass teams up with a 21st-century synthesizer; jazz and Indian raga and extended techniques are inextricably linked. Recorded over a period of a year and a half in three separate locations around the globe, this album highlights two musician-composers and distills their concertizing, touring, and refining the intricacies of their collaboration. Terry Riley and Stefano Scodanibbio have mastered their instruments to the point of transcending them, so that it would be simplistic to define their work together as duets for contrabass and keyboards. Each of them coaxes such a complex range of timbres and hues and textures from their instruments that it's hard to believe such a variety of sounds is created by only two men. Much connects Terry Riley and Stefano Scodanibbio: both are equally comfortable with improvisation and classical notated music; both enjoy the exploration of tuning systems, harmonics, and the world of overtones, and use them to create new worlds of sounds. Together they take us beyond our perceptions of instrumental boundaries." Recorded 1998-2000, Riley sings the words of Pandi Pran Nath on one track.'

Tracklist
1 Diamond Fiddle Language I 14:50
2 Tritono 12:36
3 Diamond Fiddle Language II 27:01
Music By [He Piharava Morare], Lyrics By [He Piharava Morare - Words] – Pandit Pran Nath

Credits
Double Bass – Stefano Scodanibbio
Illustration [Cover Image] – Emily Adams
Liner Notes – Sarah Cahill
Liner Notes [Translation From English] – Esther Dubielzig
Mastered By [Mastertape] – Gianluca Gentili, Stefano Scodanibbio
Synthesizer, Voice – Terry Riley

Notes
Live Recordings:
1. Huddersfield, 28 Nov. 1998
2. San Sebastian, 26 Apr. 2000
3. Lanzarote, 8 Oct. 1999

In track 3, performed in Lanzarote, Terry Riley sings "He Piharava Morare", a composition in Raga Patdip by Pandit Pran Nath, courtesy of the Pandit Pran Nath Musical Composition Trust (BMI).
Released with 20 page booklet in English and German.