Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem (2014 Edition)
Arc Light Editions follow up that indispensable Arthur Russell edition with this Interesting reissue of a beautiful suite by American composer Ingram Marshall for brass, tape delay, Serge modular synth and foghorn field recordings. The original version of 'Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem' (1984) was released on Foster Reed's long-running - yet sadly now defunct - New Albion label, combining a piece heavily influenced by the eternally evocative sound of fog horns with a five-piece suite making pivotal use of electronic rendering and environmental sound recording in modern composition. For the first part, 'Fog Tropes', Marshall layered manipulated tape recordings of fog horns made in 1979 around his native San Francisco Bay, along with slow, crying brass to portray a sort of misty, widescreen call-and-response between humanity and industry that will send shivers down the spine of anyone susceptible to a good bit o' brass. The following five-part elegy conducted by John Adams, 'Gradual Requiem' employs the structure-sculpting potential of a Serge modular synth and tape delays to a richer palette of Piano, mandolin, gambuh (a Balinese flute), and captivating vocals tossed in a heady swirl of infinite delays.
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Arc Light Editions follow up that indispensable Arthur Russell edition with this Interesting reissue of a beautiful suite by American composer Ingram Marshall for brass, tape delay, Serge modular synth and foghorn field recordings. The original version of 'Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem' (1984) was released on Foster Reed's long-running - yet sadly now defunct - New Albion label, combining a piece heavily influenced by the eternally evocative sound of fog horns with a five-piece suite making pivotal use of electronic rendering and environmental sound recording in modern composition. For the first part, 'Fog Tropes', Marshall layered manipulated tape recordings of fog horns made in 1979 around his native San Francisco Bay, along with slow, crying brass to portray a sort of misty, widescreen call-and-response between humanity and industry that will send shivers down the spine of anyone susceptible to a good bit o' brass. The following five-part elegy conducted by John Adams, 'Gradual Requiem' employs the structure-sculpting potential of a Serge modular synth and tape delays to a richer palette of Piano, mandolin, gambuh (a Balinese flute), and captivating vocals tossed in a heady swirl of infinite delays.
Arc Light Editions follow up that indispensable Arthur Russell edition with this Interesting reissue of a beautiful suite by American composer Ingram Marshall for brass, tape delay, Serge modular synth and foghorn field recordings. The original version of 'Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem' (1984) was released on Foster Reed's long-running - yet sadly now defunct - New Albion label, combining a piece heavily influenced by the eternally evocative sound of fog horns with a five-piece suite making pivotal use of electronic rendering and environmental sound recording in modern composition. For the first part, 'Fog Tropes', Marshall layered manipulated tape recordings of fog horns made in 1979 around his native San Francisco Bay, along with slow, crying brass to portray a sort of misty, widescreen call-and-response between humanity and industry that will send shivers down the spine of anyone susceptible to a good bit o' brass. The following five-part elegy conducted by John Adams, 'Gradual Requiem' employs the structure-sculpting potential of a Serge modular synth and tape delays to a richer palette of Piano, mandolin, gambuh (a Balinese flute), and captivating vocals tossed in a heady swirl of infinite delays.