Joseph, Dan / Tonalization (For The Afterlife)
Album: Tonalization (For The Afterlife)   Collection:General
Artist:Joseph, Dan   Added:Jan 2012
Label:Mutablemusic  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-06-16 Pull Date: 2012-08-19 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Aug 19 Jul 1 Jun 24
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 15, 2012: minimum entropy
Tonalization (For The Afterlife)
3. Jun 23, 2012: The Mongrel's Stoop
Tonalization (For The Afterlife)
2. Jun 27, 2012: maximum entropy
Tonalization (For The Afterlife)

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2012-06-12
Hammer dulcimer based avante orchestra. Compositions that are hypnotic in places and composed/songlike in others. Primarily instrumental, the first longer track can be tastefully edited during obvious major shifts, parts. Really cool stuff bordering on experimental.

1) (33:29) several songs in one: repetitive dulcimer, after ~3 min strings join in earnest in a melodic manner, very intense, a~10 min it returns to minimalism of beginning (obvious place to pot down), then ~13 min in a song-like tone takes over, devolves to serious minimalism, picks up again til end
2) (7:23) slightly dissonant, w/ flute, minimal grows intense toward end
3) (18:12) vocals appear, singing scale melodies, very exotic flare throughout

Track Listing
1. Tonalization (For The Afterlife)   2. Wind Patterns
  3. Music Primer