| Yarn/Wire / Images Of Duration (In Homage To Ellsworth Kelly) |
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| Album: | Images Of Duration (In Homage To Ellsworth Kelly) | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Yarn/Wire | Added: | 01/2019 | |
| Label: | Northern Spy Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-01-15 | Pull Date: | 2019-03-19 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | 17 Mar | 20 Jan |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 12, 2019: | Magnetized Toner Oxblood Becomes Orchid | 2. | Jan 16, 2019: | Brownian Motion Oxblood Becomes Orchid |
| Album Review |
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| DeVoss Reviewed 2019-01-10 | ||
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– General Description: Images of Duration was Written by Alex Mincek between 2015 and 2018 for Yarn/Wire (the New York percussion and piano quartet). Scored for two pianos tuned 1/4 tone apart (441 and 428 Hz, respectively) and percussion instruments including: tuned gongs, air canisters, waterphone, baby monitor, and white-noise machine, drums, vibraphone, marimba, and chimes. As I listened I kept the volume at a constant level, so the track reviews are consistent with what a person listening with the naked ear (no earbuds) would also hear. Am I supposed to be impressed because Mincek can put this all on paper as musical notation? Two tracks are mildly amusing (and do not have long too-quiet-for-radio sections). – FCC Compliant: YES – Recommended Tracks: 5, 6 – Track Reviews: 1. (3:44) Points On A Spiral - one opening piano chord, then veryvery quiet tones (bad audio equipment?) until 1:16; then slow descending chord progression; back to almost no sound at 2:59 2. (2:28) Grids In Black And White - snare drum(?) whacked immediately; drum rolls in middle; distorted sounds; plucking of piano strings and disjointed snare sounds 3. (17:49) Oblique - drum whacked then virtual quiet; slow low rumbling starts, grows over time until around 5:00 when low long headache-inducing tones are introduced; they stop at 7:53, slow step-wise ascent and then random tones on piano with more annoying hums in background 4. (6:09) Diagonal - chord whacking directly on piano strings plus percussion and some riffs; a little spot of chaos; virtually silent after 5:50 5. **(4:59) Vermillion Becomes Cobalt - sparkly and shiny disjointed clashing sounds 6. **(15:37) Oxblood Becomes Orchid - low clunking around the caves and some chaos that builds; mood inducing 7. (3:41) Points On A Spiral 2 - chord and then veryvery quiet tones until 1:20 8. (2:09) Quartz and Feldspar - meh | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Points On A Spiral | 5. | Vermillion Becomes Cobalt | |||
| 2. | Grids In Black And White | 6. | Oxblood Becomes Orchid | |||
| 3. | Oblique | 7. | Points On A Spiral 2 | |||
| 4. | Diagonal | 8. | Quartz And Feldspar |