Simoom

Track Listings

1. Go Guitars for 5 electric guitars

2. Cirrus for 6 trumpets

3. Simoom for 8 cellos

Editorial Reviews
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
“a riotous, ecstatic, upbeat, technically sophisticated celebration of the electric guitar sound—full of rock’s energy and relevance”

EAR Magazine
“intense investigations of one particular instrument . . . raw beauty which was both provocative and accessible”

Album Description
Lois V Vierk creates music whose distinctiveness flows from a mixture of the intense analytical disciplines of her composition teacher Leonard Stein, and the gentle admonitions of her Japanese Court Music teacher Suenobu Togi to “just do it.” The influences of Vierk’s long study of Gagaku (the Imperial Court Music of Japan) do not show on the surface. Rather they are heard in knowing that what has happened and what will happen are part of a sure path toward fulfillment. Gagaku unfolds with ceremonious slowness. Time seems to be suspended before the taiko drum sounds its next musical heartbeat. But the drum does sound, and when it does, it divides the music that has just passed and that which is to follow, all part of an elegant musical order. The elegance and order of Vierk’s music, like Gagaku, touch the heart of the person who listens, who takes time, who is open.

On Simoom we hear three of Vierk’s works for “big instruments,” that is, multiples of the same instrument, treated more like single entities than like groups of voices: Go Guitars for five electric guitars tuned microtonally around “E,” Cirrus for six trumpets, and Simoom for eight cellos. All three works employ what Vierk describes as “Exponential Structure,” which utilizes exponential relationships to control time, pitch movement and rates of change. Within this system, Vierk creates very directional compositions possessing high energy. As in Gagaku, they unfold slowly. Although clearly building on the work of minimalist composers, Vierk’s music is much more concerned with constant development and climax.

This disc offers virtuoso performances by David Seidel, electric guitar; Gary Trosclair, trumpet; and Theodore Mook, cello.

Simoom

Tracks:

Go Guitars for 5 electric guitars
Cirrus for 6 trumpets
Simoom for 8 cellos

Album Description

Lois V Vierk creates music whose distinctiveness flows from a mixture of the intense analytical disciplines of her composition teacher Leonard Stein, and the gentle admonitions of her Japanese Court Music teacher Suenobu Togi to “just do it.” The influences of Vierk's long study of Gagaku (the Imperial Court Music of Japan) do not show on the surface. Rather they are heard in knowing that what has happened and what will happen are part of a sure path toward fulfillment. Gagaku unfolds with ceremonious slowness. Time seems to be suspended before the taiko drum sounds its next musical heartbeat. But the drum does sound, and when it does, it divides the music that has just passed and that which is to follow, all part of an elegant musical order. The elegance and order of Vierk's music, like Gagaku, touch the heart of the person who listens, who takes time, who is open.

On Simoom we hear three of Vierk's works for “big instruments,” that is, multiples of the same instrument, treated more like single entities than like groups of voices: Go Guitars for five electric guitars tuned microtonally around “E,” Cirrus for six trumpets, and Simoom for eight cellos. All three works employ what Vierk describes as “Exponential Structure,” which utilizes exponential relationships to control time, pitch movement and rates of change. Within this system, Vierk creates very directional compositions possessing high energy. As in Gagaku, they unfold slowly. Although clearly building on the work of minimalist composers, Vierk's music is much more concerned with constant development and climax.

This disc offers virtuoso performances by David Seidel, electric guitar; Gary Trosclair, trumpet; and Theodore Mook, cello.

Simoom
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Simoom

Manufacturer: Experimental Intermedia Foundation
ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000GFW6DI

Product Description

Pieces performed on this CD: 1. Go Guitars for five electric guitars 2. Cirrus for six trumpets 3. Simoom for eight cellos Contemporary classical influenced by Japanese court music (Gagaku).

Lois V Vierk. Cirrus. Spin 2. To Stare Astonished at the Sea. Io. Simoom.

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Lois V Vierk. Cirrus. Spin 2. To Stare Astonished at the Sea. Io. Simoom.

ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LECKP8

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Lois V Vierk. Cirrus. Spin 2. To Stare Astonished at the Sea. Io. Simoom. FRAU MUSICA 006 (2006)

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You need this CD!
Gorgeous stuff...

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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000053F8Z
Release Date: 2000-11-09

Tracks:

Intro
Mother
Tree
Place in Line
Sycamore
To See Beauty
Hine ma tov
Already Dead
Hey Angel
Love of Grieving
In The Valley
Thread

Customer Reviews:

You need this CD!.......2001-07-26

This CD is just beautiful. Order it. Listen to it loudly.

Gorgeous stuff..........2001-01-18

Sarina simoom has been around in various incarnations for about 5 years, and this is their first CD. But so worth the wait (and I have been waiting). The band is amazing, very tight, wonderful arrangements. And great production. But Jenna Herbst's songwriting and soaring vocals are the highlight, so beautiful, so expressive. She has been compared to Kate Bush, Kristin Hersh, and Nina Simone, and has opened for Cat Power. But she is a unique artist with her own style. You need to hear this CD. And see them live if you are in Denver...

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