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Sound Clip: Random Textures by Philip Mantione
Superimposition of four separate recordings of random textures, a structured improvisation-based piece performed by the Ancestral Groan Liberation Orchestra (AGLO). Players include: Martin Back, Samuel Cobean, David Hevener, Philip Mantione, Lisa McKenna, Walter Menetrey, Christian Pincock, Frank Rolla, and Julie West. Scored for eight parts, each player is given verbal indications related to duration, density, and dynamics. A chronometer is used to regulate the 15 minute total duration and each performer plays a different number of sections of equal length within that time. Since the piece is exactly 15 minutes long, it was possible to superimpose multiple recordings and create serendipitous sonorities that would not have normally occurred. December 2008 – Santa Fe, New Mexico.
