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| Title: The Banjo of Death Sleeping |
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| Artist: William Harper |
| (c): (C) 2002 ARTCO |
| (p): (P) 2002 William Harper |
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10.80 $ |
2002-06-26 |
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Harper's sensual, electronic score adds resonances and nuances that confound the literal and specific. Instead of the expected local color - Oriental Idioms - he uses American pop: gospel, rock and rap recitations. Rather than a series of stop and go numbers, the music flows organically and dramatically from one idiom to another, highlighted and supported by the inventive electronic instrumentation.
-Michael Anthony, Minneapolis Star Tribune
William Harper paints in long, bold strokes, balancing scenes instead of motives, and propelling the ear on voyages of emotion. Elegant counterpoint interwoven with Gregorian Chant... joyous ensemble pieces break out at every dramatic juncture. The tonality is postminimal, but the ways textures alternate and recur provides an effective, Stravinskian illusion of perpetual forward motion.
-Kyle Gann, Village Voice |
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