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Tim Brady : Invention #8 ...of Julie's dance...

Mark Howell : Cement

Mauro Franceschi: Ghost

Steve Mackey : Cairn

Steve Mackey : Grungy

Tim Brady : Minimal Surface - slide guitar & tape

Tim Brady : Music Box Bell Curves ("Hello Paris") -  electric guitar, digital processing & tape

Loren MazzaCane : Moonyean

The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.
Antonie de Saint-Exupéry

The electric guitar itself does not produce a sound: it translated the motions of a vibrating string into a electrical signal. The sound of the lectric guitar is a more pure manifestation of string vibration than almost any other instrument.
James Prichett

In my music, improvisation and composition are two sides of the same coin, the difference being how I use TIME: Time as THE NOW (improvisation) versus Time as DRAMA (composition).
Tim Brady

Is there another instrument that makes you feel like you're on center stage at the state fairgrounds amphitheater, when in reality you're practicing in front of the mirror in your underwear ?  ...ahh, lost youth!
Steve Mackey

La macchina non ci isola dai grande problemi della natura, ma ci conduce più profondamente dentro di essi.
Antonie de Saint-Exupéry

La chitarra elettrica in se stessa non produce un suono: traduce il movimento di una corda vibrante in un segnale elettrico. Il suono della chitarra elettrica é la pura manifestazione di una corda vibrante.
James Prichett

Nella mia musica, improvvisazione e composizione sono le due facce di una stessa medaglia, differente é come io utilizzo il TEMPO: il tempo come  QUI e ORA (improvvisazione) versus il Tempo come FORMA DRAMMATICA (composizione).
Tim Brady

Esiste forse un altro strumento che ti fa sentire che stai suonando sul palco di un grande anfiteatro, quando in realtà stai esercitandoti in mutande davanti allo specchio di casa? Ah, gioventù!
Steve Mackey

Tim Brady (b. 1956), composer and guitarist based in Montreal, is one of a new breed of musicians who find their inspiration in the diversity of contemporary musical media. His musical vision encompasses the range from chamber, orchestral and electroacoustic music, through compositions for dance and music theatre to free improvisation and contemporary jazz. He has released eight critically acclaimed CDs on Justin Time Records. He has been commissioned by numerous ensembles, orchestras and soloists in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and has performed, as soloist and with ensembles, in Canada, the USA, China, Japan, Australia, and Europe.
 "Invention #8 ...of Julie's Dance... is music taken from a duet between solo electric guitar and solo dancer which uses distortion, digital delay, and a volume pedal to create slowly moving textural work based around the note D. It is part of the music/dance collaboration Inventions, created by Tim Brady and  choreographer Julie West in 1989. The tape music for Minimal Surface was created at the studios of INA/GRM in Paris, using their SYTER system to manipulate electric guitar sounds, and the slide part is an expressive melodic line moving freely between the harmonic poles of A minor and C minor . For the past 20 years I have collected, largely at random, a bunch of musical toys, bells, small instruments and whistles which I keep in a cardboard box which we call "Tim's Noise Makers" or the "music box".  Every so often my friends and I take out these toys (usually at holidays, birthdays and other special ocassions) and improvise performances which we call "noise sumphonies". Music Box Bell Curves (Hello Paris!)  uses samples of these instruments as its basic sound material in a piece which  reflects both the spirit of "noise" and "party" that I associate with these instruments.The work was commissioned by INA-GRM (Radio-France) and premiered in Paris in February 2001, so I thought we should say hello. Thanks to the "Sonic Party Singers" - Colleen Curran, Peggy Curran, Katie Curran, Sheila McGovern and Joan Robicheau, and a double thanks to Joan Robicheau who was so helpful during the sampling session." T.B.

Mauro Franceschi (b. 1960) is a guitarist and composer from Bolzano, Italy. He has performed in various chamber ensembles as well as with orchestra. He has composed incidental music for the theater,  film's soundtracks, radio jingles, sound installations for exhibitions, and many works for various instrumental combinations. In 2000 he began touring his "Classical contemporary electric guitar" project, which he performed in Italy and Argentina, where he also conducted masterclasses. This project was recorded in 2002 by ARX Collana. The CD "Electric guitar solo" is on distribution by Materiali Sonori. In 2005 he recorded "Quinte", incidental music for theater and other media by Mauro Franceschi. He has recorded for the Italian television and broadcast network RAI3, Radio RAI international, and for Radio Clasica Argentina as a performer and composer.
"Ghost is a quiet piece of music in whic i like to show some possibilities of the elctric guitar commbined with cheep electronics equipment (phrasesampler, delay and pitch shift)." M.F.

Mark Howell (b.1952) is a guitarist, composer, and ethnomusicologist based in New York. He has played or had compositions performed on over 60 LPs and/or CDs. Howell has toured the US and Europe, including working as a member of the Fred Frith guitar quartet. In 1996 he won the composer award from the Mississippi Council for Arts and Letters. His areas of specialization in ethnomusicology are American Indian music and Music Archaeology.
Cement  was commissioned by the American Dance Festival for the Lynn Shapiro Dance Company. It was premiered by Mark Howell in Durham, NC for ADF (July, 1994)

Steve Mackey (b. 1956) is a composer, guitarist and Professor of Music at Princeton University. He has composed for the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Kronos Quartet, Fred Sherry, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, Dawn Upshaw, Marimolin and many others ensembles and soloists. He has performed as a guitarist at venues in the USA, Europe, and Japan both as soloist and with ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet and Marimolin.
 "A Cairn is a pile of stones used to mark a gravesite. I wrote the piece as a gift to friends of mine commemorating their loss.  Grungy : no irony here. Is there another instrument that makes you feel like you're on center stage at the state fairgrounds amphitheater, when in reality you're practicing in front of the mirror in your underwear? ...ahh, lost youth!"   S.M.

Loren MazzaCane (b. 1949), guitarist and composer based in New York, has produced a series of mostly solo electric guitar recordings released on independent labels since the late 1970's. Guitar Player magazine cited his "microtonal blues/raga inflections that wash the listener like a confluence of the Mississippi and the Ganges". His discs are often suites organized around events, figures and places from Irish history.
Moonyean is a solo version by Mauro Franceschi adapted from the original version for two guitars which opens Loren's CD of the same name.

Tim Brady (1956), compositore e chitarrista di Montreal, è parte della nuova  schiera di musicisti che trovano la loro ispirazione nella varietà dei mezzi musicali contemporanei. La sua attività spazia dalla musica cameristica, orchestrale, elettroacustica, passando per la danza  e il teatro, fino alla libera improvvisazione e al jazz contemporaneo. Ha pubblicato per Justin Time Records otto CD acclamati dalla critica. Ha ricevuto commissioni da ensemble, orchestre e solisti in Canada, Stati Uniti e Europa. Ha suonato come solista e in ensemble in Canada, Stati Uniti, Cina, Giappone, Australia e Europa.
 "Invention #8 ...of Julie's Dance... è la musica di un duetto per chitarra elettrica e danzatore  in cui distorsore, digital delay e pedale di volume concorrono a creare una trama lentamente cangiante attorno alla nota RE, è parte del progetto Inventions del 1989, frutto della collaborazione con la coreografa Julie West. La musica su nastro di Minimal Surface è stata creata negli studi INA/GRM di Parigi usando il sistema SYTER per manipolare suoni originati dalla chitarra elettrica,  la parte dello strumentista, caratterizzata dallíuso dello slide, è una espressiva linea melodica che si muove liberamente tra le tonalità di la minore e do minore. For the past 20 years I have collected, largely at random, a bunch of musical toys, bells, small instruments and whistles which I keep in a cardboard box which we call "Tim's Noise Makers" or the "music box".  Every so often my friends and I take out these toys (usually at holidays, birthdays and other special ocassions) and improvise performances which we call "noise sumphonies". Music Box Bell Curves (Hello Paris!)  uses samples of these instruments as its basic sound material in a piece which  reflects both the spirit of "noise" and "party" that I associate with these instruments.The work was commissioned by INA-GRM (Radio-France) and premiered in Paris in February 2001, so I thought we should say hello. Thanks to the "Sonic Party Singers" - Colleen Curran, Peggy Curran, Katie Curran, Sheila McGovern and Joan Robicheau, and a double thanks to Joan Robicheau who was so helpful during the sampling session."T.B.

Mauro Franceschi (1960) è chitarrista e compositore di Bolzano. È autore di musiche di scena per il teatro, di colonne sonore per documentari, di sigle radiofoniche, della sonorizzazione di spazi museali, nonché di brani per varie formazioni strumentali. Nel 2000 come interprete ha inaugurato il programma solistico "Classical contemporary electric guitar", che ha presentato  in concerti e masterclassess in Italia e Argentina. Nel 2002 ha inciso questo programma per ARX Collana:  il CD "Electric guitar solo"  é  distribuito da Materiali Sonori.  Con la stessa etichetta nel 2005 ha raccolto le proprie musiche scritte per il teatro e altri media nel CD "Quinte". Come interprete e autore ha registrato per RAI3 radio e televisione, Radio RAI international e Radio Clasica Argentina.
" Ghost é un brano di musica serena, in cui ho voluto mostrare alcune delle possibilità della chitarra elettrica associata alla tecnologia elettronica di basso costo (phrasesampler, pitch shift e delay)." M.F.

Mark Howell (1952) è chitarrista, compositore ed etnomusicologo, vive a New York. Oltre 60 incisioni discografiche documentano la sua attività di compositore ed interprete. Ha suonato in Europa e Stati Uniti, anche come parte del Fred Frith Guitar Quartet. Nel 1996 ha vinto il Premio di composizione di Mississippi Council for Arts and Letters. In campo etnomusicologico si è specializzato in Musica degli indiani díAmerica e Archeologia musicale.
 Cement è stato commissionato da American Dance Festival per Lynn Shapiro Dance Company. La prima esecuzione è stata realizzata da Mark Howell a Durham, NC per ADF 1994.

Steve Mackey (1956) è compositore, chitarrista e docente presso la Princeton University. Ha composto per Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kronos Quartet, Fred Sherry, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, Dawn Upshaw, Marimolin  e molti altri ensemble e solisti. Ha suonato negli Stati Uniti, in Europa e Giappone, come solista e in ensemble, anche con Kronos Quartet e Marimolin.
"Un Cairn è un tumulo di pietre, usato per segnalare il luogo di una sepoltura. Ho scritto il pezzo come un omaggio ad un amico, per commemorare la sua scomparsa. Grungy: senza ironia. Esiste forse un altro strumento che ti fa sentire che stai suonando sul palco di un grande anfiteatro, quando in realtà stai esercitandoti in mutande davanti allo specchio di casa? Ah, gioventù !" S.M.

Loren MazzaCane (1949) è chitarrista e compositore, vive a New York. A partire dagli anni '70 ha inciso per varie etichette indipendenti. La rivista Guitar Player ha definito la sua musica come "un blues/raga dalle inflessioni microtonali, capace di far immergere líascoltatore in una sorta di confluenza tra il Mississippi e il Gange". I suoi dischi sono prevalentemente per chitarra elettrica sola, nella forma di suite ispirate a eventi, personaggi o luoghi significativi della storia irlandese.
Moonyean: la versione di Mauro Franceschi è un arrangiamento dellíoriginale per due chitarre che apre líomonimo CD di MazzaCane.

In occasione della tournée Argentina 2002 il Ministero per i Beni Artistici e le Attività culturali ha riconosciuto Electric guitar solo"un progetto artistico idoneo a rendere qualificata la presenza dello spettacolo italiano all'estero".