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ASIN: B000066S2U
Release Date: 2002-03-15
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"Casual Amplexus" is the result of a love of/ fascination with both music and herpetology. Frogs and toads provide an incredible array of amazing and intense sounds- this is what provides the raw material and inspiration for "Casual Amplexus". Male anurans vocalize essentially in an attempt to meet girls and therefor put themselves at great risk to passionately infuse the night with their song (sound familiar?). This music absolutely does NOT sound like a frog singing a simple melody. In other words, the seasonally famous frogs that one might encounter in malls going "quank quank quank" to the tune of "Jingle Bells" are not featured on this recording. On the other hand, influences that I would readily include which may serve to orient one’s expectation for this stylistically diverse music are Frank Zappa, John Adams, Brian Eno, Tom Waits, Igor Stravinsky, any of the old blues guitarists, Steve Reich, Nine Inch Nails, and perhaps Pink Floyd.
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Casual Amplexus refers to the position whereby a frog or other individual might indiscriminately grasp another about the waist, the stem of a mushroom, or time itself. With frogs, it is generally executed to reproduce many more and is usually not so casual. In other cases, it represents an attempt to hold on. The music contained within this recording is made with frogs. That is, most of the sounds were constructed using frog and toad samples and a Kurzweil K2500. Some of the sounds are unaltered calls and some are incognito as xylophones, bases, electric pianos, and other invented instrument timbres and atmospheric sounds. The "band" on Blues In Frog for example, is comprised of instruments that are modeled from frog calls using the transformational magic of digital audio. The cymbal is actually a sped-up and distorted recording of narrow-mouthed toads. Some of the compositions themselves were inspired and structured by the sound of a chorus of amphibian nighttime communicators. Many such anuran ensembles are very sophisticated rhythmically interweaving complex polyrhythms which roam in and out of phase. Maggots and Mushrooms and The U in Dubya are examples of these. Amphibians were the first entities on the planet to vocalize. The motivation behind such primordial chorales was Casual Amplexus.
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Casual Amplexus
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000066S2U Release Date: 2002-03-15 |
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Album Description
Casual Amplexus refers to the position whereby a frog or other individual might indiscriminately grasp another about the waist, the stem of a mushroom, or time itself. With frogs, it is generally executed to reproduce many more and is usually not so casual. In other cases, it represents an attempt to hold on. The music contained within this recording is made with frogs. That is, most of the sounds were constructed using frog and toad samples and a Kurzweil K2500. Some of the sounds are unaltered calls and some are incognito as xylophones, bases, electric pianos, and other invented instrument timbres and atmospheric sounds. The "band" on Blues In Frog for example, is comprised of instruments that are modeled from frog calls using the transformational magic of digital audio. The cymbal is actually a sped-up and distorted recording of narrow-mouthed toads. Some of the compositions themselves were inspired and structured by the sound of a chorus of amphibian nighttime communicators. Many such anuran ensembles are very sophisticated rhythmically interweaving complex polyrhythms which roam in and out of phase. Maggots and Mushrooms and The U in Dubya are examples of these. Amphibians were the first entities on the planet to vocalize. The motivation behind such primordial chorales was Casual Amplexus.Customer Reviews:
Great CD.......2002-05-08
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