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furtwaengler

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Sitting diversions

on: August 14, 2009, 11:24:48 AM

As opposed to standing.

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September 27, 2008

They are short, ranging from 2:23 to 4:35.

More severe than the “standings.” No, I was sitting for these, in a chair or a bench…probably a chair, actually.

Recorded in a high school choir room, on a Clavinova, except for “After shock” (which refers to “Out in out”) is on a stiff, stiff, stiff Story and Clark grand. There’s no ending, only the recording stops.

“Nucleus” and “Out in out” approaching the chromatic scale from the middle, and from the outer extremities.

I had no idea what to call “Scapes.” “Scapes” works. It’s my favorite of the set.

So…“Nucleus“, “Scapes…”