Luminosity

Welch, Matthew
Porter Records
General | Nov 2009

Reviews

Barbra Anne
Reviewed 2010-01-19
Matthew Welch
Luminosity
Bagpipes! Yes. Really. Other instruments are here too, but the bagpipe tracks are where it’s at. (super) old school drone.
FCC clean
Try 1, 6, 7


1. (4:25) unified bagpipe drone. Sort of starts to sound strained after a while. Very offputting, very strange. Sounds like it could be about a thousand ‘pipes going at once.
2. (21:07) sparse, quiet, alice-in-wonderland dreamy harp tickle. could work well with Monroe Golden’s microtonal keyboard stuff. Really really slow. Gets a little skittish after minute 18.
3. (2:53) dynamic, woven, threaded bagpipe duet.
4. (9:41)Lush cello meadow, goofy-as-fuck vocals. Has an odd eastern feel too it.
5. (5:31) bagpipe trio goes big, doesn’t go home.
6. (22:37) bursts of psychotic and messy orchestra rehearsal warm ups. Not as droney as the title would have you believe.
7. (4:15) probably the best bagpipe pick of the set. A cleaner, higher, sweeter sound.

Recent airplay

Bagpipe Quintet
Pajama Power HourFeb 25, 2011
Hadinotra Chelalhodin (For Baritone, Solo Cello And Orchestra)
Music CasseroleMar 06, 2010
Symphony Of Drones #1, [-(+/-)] For Three Bagpipes
The Gumdrop Poo TrainFeb 23, 2010
Bagpipe Quintet
Blues For Seraut
The Sultry Poo StoryFeb 12, 2010
Hadinotra Chelalhodin (For Baritone, Solo Cello And Orchestra)
Friday Night PizzaFeb 06, 2010

Charting

2010-01-17 — 2010-03-21 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Mar 7 1
Feb 28 1
Feb 14 2
Feb 7 5
Jan 31 2
Jan 24 4

Track listing

1. Blues For Seraut
2. Self/Non-Self And Luminosity In The Bardo (A Concerto For Harp And Ensemble)
3. Duo-El (For Two Bagpipes)
4. Hadinotra Chelalhodin (For Baritone, Solo Cello And Orchestra)
5. [-(+/-)] For Three Bagpipes
6. Symphony Of Drones #1
7. Bagpipe Quintet