Today I was in the record studio trying to evoke the ritual music of some african and amerindian tribes: claps, bird whistles, euphoric shouts, rattles of the Andes and some African percussion to bring to life the piece for dancer and fixed media. During the experiments also appeared:
A piano montuno in just intonation
Strong brass hits taken from some jazz standards
A salsa bassline changing slowly and almost imperceptibly
Subtle but stylistically important rhythmic variations
Digitally manipulated percussion sounds
A giant guacharaca moving through the space
A microtonal cowbell
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