source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 07:01:00 -0700 From: "John H. Chalmers" From: mclaren Subject: New xenharmonic CD --- "Ping-Pong Anthropology," by The 13th Tribe, is yet another microtonal CD by yet another world music group well worth hearing. In this case the members of the avant ensemble are: Erik Balke, a Norwegian folk musician and student of African and Balinese music; Werner Durand, a German and Silvia Ocougne, a Brasilena. Balke and Durand perform on harmonic-series PVC pipes while Ocougne uses prepared acoustic guitars whose strings are hammered, plucked and pulled. Skin drums and plexiglas tubes are also used. The music uses a "call and answer" technique in combination with digital delays, and the result is something like ethnic music for a tribe of children living in the rafters of a geodesic dome. The first track, "Dream Hunters," along with track 3, "Hazar," and track 7, "Ping-Pong Anthropology," are particularly memorable. All three performers (along with French guest perfomer Pierre Berthet on tracks 8 & 9) use higher members of the harmonic series to weave extended melodies. The effect is reminiscent of some of the earlier compositions of Denny Genovese, although with greater rhythmic density and a concommitant use of digital electronics to generate a sleet of ricocheting "ghost" notes. This CD is available for a limited time from Experimental Intermedia. Not nearly as expensive as you'd expect for an import--about $17. Highly recommended. --mclaren Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:03 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id HAA15182; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 07:03:28 -0700 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 07:03:28 -0700 Message-Id: <9510260700.aa23177@cyber.cyber.net> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu