Just got back from a recording of my piece "ro.bot" for heliphon, a robotic pitched percussion instrument! A good friend (and former professor) Ramon Castillo (check him out - theramon.com) gave me the opportunity. What an awesome experience.
The title of the piece, well, speaks for itself. I use different "rows" of rhythmic displacement against two varying patterns, one that is a slight "homage" to the Reich opus "Music for 18 Musicians" (didn't realize it until afterwards!), and a rhythmic contrapuntal pattern found in the kotekan or "flower" parts of Balinese Gamelan music. Enjoy!
There's also a live-streaming concert of the rest of the performances! Click Here (I'm at 1:18:00)
In addition, we just got back from Lincoln Center! What a blast- one of the best weekends of my life. There's reviews of Gamelan Galak Tika's performance (as well as the rest of the concert that featured Asphalt Orchestra and the legendary Bang On a Can All-Stars) on several sites, including the NY Times and Pitchfork!!!!!
Pitchfork Review (I'm the one in the bright orange jumpsuit!!)
Feastofmusic.com - Great article!
the New York Times!!! (They especially loved us!!)
And what good would this post be without some pictures!?
- The View!!!!!!
- My "director's chair"
- Backstage
- The name-tag! WHAT!!
- Load-in
- Krista / Rehearsal
- Rehearsal / Re-stringing / final once-over..
- Rehearsal...
- A final bow..
- The best performers and musicians that I know!! Gamelan Galak Tika / Asphalt Orchestra / Bang on a Can All-Stars / the original Bang on a Can members Julia Wolfe/David Lang/Michael Gordon!!!!
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