YAY! I do believe that's it! http://www.newalbion.com/NA022/
I will have to check out the samples online to confirm, but the description is spot on - the 45 second reverb definitely rings a bell. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated. N > Possibly a Pauline Oliveros/Stewart Dempster collaboration? > > They did some things with trombones in large metal containers - possibly > grain silos or water tanks. This might be what you're thinking of. > > -- > Dennis DeSantis > > www.dennisdesantis.com > www.myspace.com/dennisdesantis > > Mailing List: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Nik Stoltzman wrote: >> (excuse this little side-conversation) >> >> No, that's not it - but that also sounds worth checking out! >> >> This thing was definitely *not* jazzy and I don't think it was broken down >> into tracks. The >> piece >> I heard was about 30 minutes long. Or maybe it was actually one minute long >> and the rest was >> echoes choes hoes oes es s..? >> >> N >> >>> Very interesting thread this! >>> >>> Nik, that composition... It wouldn't be "Vor der Flut - Hommage an >>> einen Wasserspeicher" would it? It's this fab recording made in an >>> old water 'silo' in Cologne/Germany in 1984, just before the >>> flooding. I've been trying to find info online but it's all (or >>> mostly anyway) in German. Here's a site with a clip http:// >>> www.magicmusic.de/shop/de/act/cd/arg/6740/ and here it is on Discogs >>> http://www.discogs.com/release/1123083 >>> If this is what you were thinking of I could be persuaded to scan the >>> album liner notes, which are in both German and English. >>> I totally love this album and played the A side almost in its >>> entirety it at our last party in September. : ) >>> >>> Anya >>> >>> On 1 Nov 2007, at 11:34, Nik Stoltzman wrote: >>> >>>>> Not unprecedented. There are pieces that are centuries old that call >>>>> for brass players positioned all over the auditorium/cathedral/ >>>>> whatever. >>>> Sorry to hijack the thread (which, incidentally, is very >>>> interesting) temporarily, but this >>>> reminds me of a composition I heard once and have been trying to >>>> track down ever since. >>>> >>>> It was written and arranged to be played in an underground grain >>>> silo. I can't remember the >>>> composer. Basically, the concept was a number of horn players >>>> arranged in a circle around the >>>> perimeter of the circular silo, with the conductor in the centre. >>>> Each musician would perform >>>> short stabs such that the echo within the chamber (which could be >>>> timed quite accurately) would >>>> allow them to build layers of sound. >>>> >>>> I'd love to know what it was. Any clues or leads? >>>> >>>> Peace, >>>> >>>> N >>>> >>>> P.S: OT: Any Londoners going to The Cinematic Orchestra gig tomorrow? >>>> >>> >> >> >
