[microsound-announce] The OO-Ray - Tiny Fugues

[David Newman]

The OO-Ray - Tiny Fugues

This album is about searching and finding the unexpected in the everyday. Finding the grand and symphonic in simple melodies.

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Track listing: 

1. Liminal 
2. Stuttertest 
3. Fiftytwo 
4. Hoh 
5. Reveal 
6. Semifinal 
7. Worden 
8. Largesse 
9. Downwards 
10. Circular 
11. First Frost 
12. Adaptation 
13. The Drowned World 
14. Afterimage

The OO-Ray 
The OO-Ray is the alias of Ted Laderas, an improvisatory and experimental cellist from Portland, OR. A systems biologist by day, he extends his experimental attitude to exploring the outer possibilities of the cello, often distorting, looping, or pitchshifting his instrument beyond recognizability into waves of reverberation and extended drones. Inspired by the gauzy textures of My Bloody Valentine, he calls his style “shoegazer cello” or “chamber drone”. His music explores the realms of electroacoustic, shoegazer, and ambient. Utilizing the versatility of the cello and his electronics, he has long-standing collaborations with Marcus Fischer (12k), Le Berger, Stephen Vitiello (12k), and Robert Donne (Anjou, Labradford, Kranky), having collaborated on albums, short pieces, and soundtracks.

TINY FUGUES' 
I’ve worked on the material for Tiny Fugues for over three years, composing and improvising with the cello and electronic instruments. This album is about searching and finding the unexpected in the everyday. Finding hope and positivity in the midst of despair and depression. Finding the grand and symphonic in simple melodies. Through this search, and our resulting curiosity and compassion for everything around us, I believe we can find hope and meaning in very dark times. This album is based around custom-built software (the fuguelooper) that converts my ambient limprovisations into more rhythmic material, allowing me to change my sounds across octaves and speeds, stretching and compressing my material into unexpected directions. The software works as a lens to highlight unexpected details of my performances and encourages me to react and improvise in new ways. The fuguelooper has been important in my latest improvisations and performances, and it gives these new pieces a dynamically shifting and unpredictable backing. By searching for the extraordinary in what we once thought mundane, we can find connections and meaning. Our art can change our surroundings. Our curiosity and compassion will sustain us. I hope that this album inspires you to do that.

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Best wishes

David Newman

www.audiobulb.com | exploratory music
www.audiomoves.com | ambient music sync specialist

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