| Kutschera, Ulrich / San Francisco Bay: Piano And Synth-Music, Vol 3 |
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| Album: | San Francisco Bay: Piano And Synth-Music, Vol 3 | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Kutschera, Ulrich | Added: | 09/2016 | |
| Label: | Uvulittle Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-09-05 | Pull Date: | 2016-11-07 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | 23 Oct | 18 Sep | 11 Sep |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 08, 2016: | Waste FM California Sunset (6:02) | 4. | Sep 16, 2016: | The Offbeat Fill California Sunset (6:02) | |
| 2. | Oct 22, 2016: | Music Casserole Leland Stanford Jr. (6:30), California Sunset (6:02) | 5. | Sep 10, 2016: | test patterns Carmel Mission (2:30) | |
| 3. | Oct 18, 2016: | Waste FM San Francisco Bay (7:17) | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Gary Lemco Reviewed 2016-09-05 | ||
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A musical tribute to the sounds (and sights, given the booklet’s artwork, a painting for each musical selection) of San Francisco Bay, with music composed and performed by Ulrich Kutschera on a Grand Piano and keyboard with electronic backup. The musical style might recall John Adams or the post-Minimalist “space music” ((simple harmonies, rhythms and patterns, protracted repetition of figures, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect) of the 1990s. 1. San Francisco Bay (7:17) – piano, light percussion and “aerial” effects, set over sounds of Bay tides. The piano riffs are mostly gentle arpeggios, modal in color. 2. Mallard Lake (3:28) - a second “nature” study with bright, moody effects, brushed percussion. 3. Leland Stanford Jr. (6:30) - an electronic hymn to Stanford University’s founder with a martial percussion pattern under the strings. The piano picks up the tribute. 4. Sunflower Café (6:45) - organ effects with light percussion lead to keyboard and electronic moody acoustics. 5. Carmel Mission (2:30) - another hymn-tune effect, here in the form of a hazy nocturne. 6. Ocean Beach (3:36) - a kind of scherzo, with flashing effects and more virtuosic piano riffs. The music slows into a meditation on repeated patterns that end on a “symphonic” note. 7. California Sunset (6:02) - long-held notes over flashing electronic patterns lead to rolling keyboard chords. Whether the light splays over water or CA mountains, the effect aims at panoramic. 8. Lone Cypress (6:38) – opens with a chorale, a hymn to Nature with piano, soft cymbals and percussion. The electronic effect tries to simulate a human chorus of praise. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | San Francisco Bay (7:17) | 5. | Carmel Mission (2:30) | |||
| 2. | Mallard Lake (3:28) | 6. | Ocean Beach (3:36) | |||
| 3. | Leland Stanford Jr. (6:30) | 7. | California Sunset (6:02) | |||
| 4. | Sunflower Café (6:45) | 8. | Lone Cypress (6:38) |