ARNOLD DREYBLATT
| Artist | ARNOLD DREYBLATT |
|---|---|
| Titel | Descendants |
| Format | CD |
| Label | Unsounds |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Cat.-No. | 91UEcho |
This album is the third in the collection made in collaboration with the Amsterdam based Echonance Festival. After volume 1 by the wonderful Phill Niblock and volume 2 by composer and sound artist Gabriel Paiuk, Descendants by American, Berlin based Arnold Dreyblatt activates four historical organs at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam to magnificent effect.
Composed especially for the main hall of the Orgelpark in Amsterdam, Descendants was realized in the just-intonation “Dreyblatt” tuning system, derived from the first eleven harmonic overtones and their extensions based on the fundamental C (A = 415 Hz). The following intervals, identified on the four organs and corresponding to my tuning system, were used in the composition: 1/1, 9/4, 3/2, 7/4, 11/16, 21/16, 25/16, 35/32, 63/32, 77/64, and 81/64. These pitches and their registers were organized into five sections and distributed across four different historical and contemporary pipe organs in the space, filling the hall with gradually shifting resonances.
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