Daniel Schmidt
Cloud Shadows
Boomkat Product Review:
Celebrating his 80th birthday, 'Cloud Shadows' is the third collection of Daniel Schmidt's groundbreaking American gamelan explorations, recorded by Gamelan Encinal and Mills College students. Beautiful music that draws thoughful parallels between Indonesian, European and North American folk traditions.
Following the release of the hugely loved 'In My Arms, Many Flowers' and 'Abies Firma' sets, this third album brings Schmidt's archive almost to the present day, featuring recordings made between 2017 and 2019. Schmidt is best known for connecting elements of 20th Century American minimalism with Eastern gamelan music, and developing American gamelan sounds alongside characters such as Lou Harrison, Jody Diamond and Paul Dresher. Here he considers death and relief, having written 'SEOR' as he recovered from cancer treatments, and 'Sandy Suite' after the passing of a close friend. The former is one of Schmidt's most impressive compositions, unashamedly beautiful but restrained, utilizing dynamic range to show emotional depth, and microtonality to hint at controlled chaos. The latter is one of the album's handful of tracks to feature vocals written by Schmidt's wife Deborah Bachels Schmidt and sung in the style of 19th century lieder, where poetry is set to classical music.
These vocal pieces are among the most unusual Schmidt has recorded; the voice hangs over the gamelan playing uneasily, but it's hard to imagine one element without the other - it's gorgeous, risky music that joins history across continents without sounding heavy handed. The album's longest track, 'A River in Delta', features vocals in a more familiar range. Dedicated to Lou Harrison and John Cage, it uses a Cage-influenced chance method for the composition and a poem written by Cage for Harrison's 60th birthday.
'Cloud Shadows' is an unmissable album for anyone interested in the possibilities of American gamelan; the recording is of exceptional quality, and Schmidt's dedication to progression and emotionality oozes from every note. As he states on the press release, "please allow this music to flow into you."
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Boomkat Product Review:
Celebrating his 80th birthday, 'Cloud Shadows' is the third collection of Daniel Schmidt's groundbreaking American gamelan explorations, recorded by Gamelan Encinal and Mills College students. Beautiful music that draws thoughful parallels between Indonesian, European and North American folk traditions.
Following the release of the hugely loved 'In My Arms, Many Flowers' and 'Abies Firma' sets, this third album brings Schmidt's archive almost to the present day, featuring recordings made between 2017 and 2019. Schmidt is best known for connecting elements of 20th Century American minimalism with Eastern gamelan music, and developing American gamelan sounds alongside characters such as Lou Harrison, Jody Diamond and Paul Dresher. Here he considers death and relief, having written 'SEOR' as he recovered from cancer treatments, and 'Sandy Suite' after the passing of a close friend. The former is one of Schmidt's most impressive compositions, unashamedly beautiful but restrained, utilizing dynamic range to show emotional depth, and microtonality to hint at controlled chaos. The latter is one of the album's handful of tracks to feature vocals written by Schmidt's wife Deborah Bachels Schmidt and sung in the style of 19th century lieder, where poetry is set to classical music.
These vocal pieces are among the most unusual Schmidt has recorded; the voice hangs over the gamelan playing uneasily, but it's hard to imagine one element without the other - it's gorgeous, risky music that joins history across continents without sounding heavy handed. The album's longest track, 'A River in Delta', features vocals in a more familiar range. Dedicated to Lou Harrison and John Cage, it uses a Cage-influenced chance method for the composition and a poem written by Cage for Harrison's 60th birthday.
'Cloud Shadows' is an unmissable album for anyone interested in the possibilities of American gamelan; the recording is of exceptional quality, and Schmidt's dedication to progression and emotionality oozes from every note. As he states on the press release, "please allow this music to flow into you."
Boomkat Product Review:
Celebrating his 80th birthday, 'Cloud Shadows' is the third collection of Daniel Schmidt's groundbreaking American gamelan explorations, recorded by Gamelan Encinal and Mills College students. Beautiful music that draws thoughful parallels between Indonesian, European and North American folk traditions.
Following the release of the hugely loved 'In My Arms, Many Flowers' and 'Abies Firma' sets, this third album brings Schmidt's archive almost to the present day, featuring recordings made between 2017 and 2019. Schmidt is best known for connecting elements of 20th Century American minimalism with Eastern gamelan music, and developing American gamelan sounds alongside characters such as Lou Harrison, Jody Diamond and Paul Dresher. Here he considers death and relief, having written 'SEOR' as he recovered from cancer treatments, and 'Sandy Suite' after the passing of a close friend. The former is one of Schmidt's most impressive compositions, unashamedly beautiful but restrained, utilizing dynamic range to show emotional depth, and microtonality to hint at controlled chaos. The latter is one of the album's handful of tracks to feature vocals written by Schmidt's wife Deborah Bachels Schmidt and sung in the style of 19th century lieder, where poetry is set to classical music.
These vocal pieces are among the most unusual Schmidt has recorded; the voice hangs over the gamelan playing uneasily, but it's hard to imagine one element without the other - it's gorgeous, risky music that joins history across continents without sounding heavy handed. The album's longest track, 'A River in Delta', features vocals in a more familiar range. Dedicated to Lou Harrison and John Cage, it uses a Cage-influenced chance method for the composition and a poem written by Cage for Harrison's 60th birthday.
'Cloud Shadows' is an unmissable album for anyone interested in the possibilities of American gamelan; the recording is of exceptional quality, and Schmidt's dedication to progression and emotionality oozes from every note. As he states on the press release, "please allow this music to flow into you."
Boomkat Product Review:
Celebrating his 80th birthday, 'Cloud Shadows' is the third collection of Daniel Schmidt's groundbreaking American gamelan explorations, recorded by Gamelan Encinal and Mills College students. Beautiful music that draws thoughful parallels between Indonesian, European and North American folk traditions.
Following the release of the hugely loved 'In My Arms, Many Flowers' and 'Abies Firma' sets, this third album brings Schmidt's archive almost to the present day, featuring recordings made between 2017 and 2019. Schmidt is best known for connecting elements of 20th Century American minimalism with Eastern gamelan music, and developing American gamelan sounds alongside characters such as Lou Harrison, Jody Diamond and Paul Dresher. Here he considers death and relief, having written 'SEOR' as he recovered from cancer treatments, and 'Sandy Suite' after the passing of a close friend. The former is one of Schmidt's most impressive compositions, unashamedly beautiful but restrained, utilizing dynamic range to show emotional depth, and microtonality to hint at controlled chaos. The latter is one of the album's handful of tracks to feature vocals written by Schmidt's wife Deborah Bachels Schmidt and sung in the style of 19th century lieder, where poetry is set to classical music.
These vocal pieces are among the most unusual Schmidt has recorded; the voice hangs over the gamelan playing uneasily, but it's hard to imagine one element without the other - it's gorgeous, risky music that joins history across continents without sounding heavy handed. The album's longest track, 'A River in Delta', features vocals in a more familiar range. Dedicated to Lou Harrison and John Cage, it uses a Cage-influenced chance method for the composition and a poem written by Cage for Harrison's 60th birthday.
'Cloud Shadows' is an unmissable album for anyone interested in the possibilities of American gamelan; the recording is of exceptional quality, and Schmidt's dedication to progression and emotionality oozes from every note. As he states on the press release, "please allow this music to flow into you."
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Boomkat Product Review:
Celebrating his 80th birthday, 'Cloud Shadows' is the third collection of Daniel Schmidt's groundbreaking American gamelan explorations, recorded by Gamelan Encinal and Mills College students. Beautiful music that draws thoughful parallels between Indonesian, European and North American folk traditions.
Following the release of the hugely loved 'In My Arms, Many Flowers' and 'Abies Firma' sets, this third album brings Schmidt's archive almost to the present day, featuring recordings made between 2017 and 2019. Schmidt is best known for connecting elements of 20th Century American minimalism with Eastern gamelan music, and developing American gamelan sounds alongside characters such as Lou Harrison, Jody Diamond and Paul Dresher. Here he considers death and relief, having written 'SEOR' as he recovered from cancer treatments, and 'Sandy Suite' after the passing of a close friend. The former is one of Schmidt's most impressive compositions, unashamedly beautiful but restrained, utilizing dynamic range to show emotional depth, and microtonality to hint at controlled chaos. The latter is one of the album's handful of tracks to feature vocals written by Schmidt's wife Deborah Bachels Schmidt and sung in the style of 19th century lieder, where poetry is set to classical music.
These vocal pieces are among the most unusual Schmidt has recorded; the voice hangs over the gamelan playing uneasily, but it's hard to imagine one element without the other - it's gorgeous, risky music that joins history across continents without sounding heavy handed. The album's longest track, 'A River in Delta', features vocals in a more familiar range. Dedicated to Lou Harrison and John Cage, it uses a Cage-influenced chance method for the composition and a poem written by Cage for Harrison's 60th birthday.
'Cloud Shadows' is an unmissable album for anyone interested in the possibilities of American gamelan; the recording is of exceptional quality, and Schmidt's dedication to progression and emotionality oozes from every note. As he states on the press release, "please allow this music to flow into you."
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