Bruce Arnold & Tom Hamilton
Featuring:
Bruce Arnold—Electric Guitar and SuperCollider
Tom Hamilton—Electronics
"Disklaimer" finds guitarist Bruce Arnold practicing alchemy
with master electronic improviser and synth keyboardist Tom Hamilton.
The two have been friends in music together for ten years, and the
interaction displayed in this CD of soundscapes highlights that
familiarity.
Tom Hamilton is no stranger to anyone interested in the American New
Music scene; his contributions as a player, composer, sound engineer,
installation artist and curator have extended his reputation as a
pioneer, one with an exacting ear and an open mind. Rather than
addressing traditional modes of expression, presentation and
observation, Hamilton's music often explores the interaction of many
simultaneous layers of activity, prompting the use of "present-time
listening" on the part of both performer and listener.
Bruce Arnold is best known for his applications of 12 tone constructs
to modern Jazz composition and improvisation. His most recent forays
however, have been in the use of SuperCollider, an object oriented
computer program that allows remarkable flexibility with processed
sounds on the guitar. This expanded textural spectrum coupled with
Arnold's fascination with tonalities and structure makes for an
excellent synergy with Hamilton.
On "Disklaimer" these affinities are sometimes so in synch that the
listener will be challenged to separate one musician's contribution
from the other. (Hamilton plays Nord and Kurzweil keyboards, while
Arnold's guitar is processed through SuperCollider.) Sounds, movements,
rhythms and ideas interact spontaneously yet structurally, lending each
track the feeling of a composition. Arnold states that he used the
tonal centers of Hamilton's seemingly atonal playing to create an
harmonic and melodic palette thus giving the improvisations a feeling
of tonal form. Throughout, the communication between Hamilton and
Arnold results in tracks that are both thought provoking and ear
pleasing.
Disklaimer—$12.99
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