'Original soundtrack to the film Spectropia, performed by Elliott Sharp with The '31 Band; Sirius Sting Quartet & Debbie Harry (Blondie). "Spectropia is both a full-length feature film and an interactive media event set in a possible England in 2099, and in New York City in 1931 after the stock market crash. Directed by Toni Dove, it tells a story of time travel and supernatural possession to explore the disorders brought on by consumer culture. For the score, I endeavored to create two different noir soundworlds: for the future, one of distressed computers and tortured guitars -- for New York 1931, one based on an imagined meeting of the musics of Duke Ellington and Edgar Varese. The song 'This Time That Place' appears in various versions heard throughout the film: as a tango, as a feedbacked guitar solo, as a swing tune, a classical piano etude, and as a rock ballad sung by the great Debbie Harry of Blondie. To perform Spectropia Suite, I assembled an ensemble of musicians, The '31 Band, all of whom have extensive experience in many realms of music. All have worked with me on many projects, from the various Western traditions of jazz and classical music to the farthest reaches of contemporary music, free jazz, and improvisation. We recorded the music in the traditional manner of a film orchestra, cue by cue (though not working to picture as most of the timings were not that precise.) Overdubbing, editing, and processing all took place at my Studio zOaR including the tender yet sardonic vocals of Ms. Harry. This music has evolved from a set of cues into a suite for performance with The '31 Band expanding on the written material with solos and other interpretive actions by the players." -- Eliot Sharp, 2009'
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Tracklist
1 Spectropia Overture
2 Folding
3 Now And Then
4 Records Room
5 What Is When?
6 Crossed Lines
7 This Time That Place
8 Somwwhen
9 Then Again
10 Ostinato & Decay
11 Place & Time
12 Stairway To When
13 Sally Random
14 Spectronia
15 Unfolding
16 XYZ Theme
17 Regulator
18 Bubbleburst
19 This Place That Time
20 Crashing
21 Mutanic
22 Chaos Ball
Credits
Alto Saxophone ? Rudresh Mahanthappa
Bass [String Bass] ? David Hofstra
Bass Clarinet, Clarinet [Bb], Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Computer [Processing] ? Elliott Sharp
Cello ? Tomas Ulrich
Composed By, Producer, Mixed By, Mastered By ? Elliott Sharp
Drums ? Don McKenzie
Engineer [Recordings] ? Cy Fore, Jonathan Townes
Piano ? Anthony Coleman
Trombone ? Art Baron, Curtis Fowlkes, Steve Swell
Trumpet ? Duane Eubanks
Vibraphone ? Danny Tunick
Viola ? Ron Lawrence
Violin ? Ester Noh, Jennifer Choi
Vocals ? Debbie Harry
Notes
Original soundtrack To The Film "Spectropia". Comes in Digipak with liner notes by Elliot Sharp. DDD.
