West Is North, East Is South

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Tautologic is a Chicago based composition, performance, and recording project headed by Ethan Sellers and Pat Buzby. Formed in late 1997, Tautologic has gone through numerous incarnations, including one which featured a string trio, and has played at various high-profile venues in Chicago. The band has begun extending its range to regional tours of clubs, festivals, and colleges.

Performers
Ken Arai (cello), Henry Bigelow (violin), Pat Buzby (drums, keyboards) Vince Canter (electric and acoustic guitars), Kristen Davis (viola) Mick Hirsch (acoustic guitar), Jennifer Justice (viola, vocals), Becky Rule (violin), Ethan Sellers(vocals, keys, guitar), Daniel Veidlinger (bass, guitar)

Album Description
Like Tautologic's dynamic, imaginative, heartfelt, and occasionally humorous live shows, West is North, East is South offers up a challenging yet accessible mix of styles ranging from rock to classical to jazz to world music - all tied together by our signature wit, canny melodicism, rhythmic invention, and arrangemental finesse.

For those of you living outside Chicago or otherwise unfamiliar with roads in Chicago, West is North, East is South is a reference to Interstates 90 and 94, which run through Chicago. Like most of the songs on the album, it hints at some of the topsy-turvy nature of the town Tautologic calls home.

West Is North, East Is South

Tracks:

1. Pemoengkah
2. Gambangan
3. Taboeh Teloe
1. Ostinatos. Animato - Subito Molto Energico - L'istesso Tempo, Subito Con Fuoco - Pochissimo Piu Lento, Molto Delicato - Grazioso - Tempo I - Subito Molto Brilliante - John Alley
2. Nocturne. Tranquillo - Molto Fluido - Poco Piu Lento - Poco Piu Animato, Grazioso E Gaio - Subito Tranquillo, Ma L'istesso Tempo - Molto Tranquillo - John Alley
3. Finale. Quieto E Misterioso - Agitato - Piu Tranquillo - Animato - Piu Allegro - Meno Mosso - Molto Pesante, L'stesso Tempo - Dolcissimo - Brutale - Pochissimo Piu Animato - Intenso Ed Appassionato - Poco Piu Allegro - Risoluto - Piu Lento - John Alley
Quick - Slow
Variation Of The King Of The North. Quick And Heavy
Variation Of The King Of The East. Slow And Languorous
Variation Of The King Of The West. Moderately Quick
Variation Of The King Of The South. Quick And Heavy - Energetic
Belle Rose Is Borne In By Frogs. As At The Beginning
Pas De Deux: Male And Female Flames. Majestic
Coda: Male And Female Flames And Corps De Ballet Of Flames. Very Quick And Impetuous - The Whole Orchestra Staccato - Slower - Gradually Dying Away
Very Free - Slow - Quick - Slower - Very Slow And Deliberate - Quicker Suddenly - Quick
Pas De Deux: The Prince And Belle Rose. Gently Moving - Very Quick - Slow As Before - Quicker - As Before
Slow - Same Tempo
Pas De Six: Entree. Quick And Energetic
Pas De Deux. Broadly
Pas De Trois. Flowing
Very Quick - Waltz Time
Boys Of The Pas De Six
The Emporer And The Fool
Girls Of The Pas De Six
The Prince Of The Pagodas
Belle Rose
Apotheosis. Quick - Broadly - Quick