HOTEL ST. GEORGE ARCHIVE : SUMMER 2007

VIEWINGS

THE MYSTIFICATION PROCESS

by David Stromberg

MUSIC

Originally scored for solo piano, Etude 6 is presented here arranged for percussion quartet.  The piece, with its broad, enveloping drones, recalls Brian Eno's Music for Airports, but is tinged with a shimmering, underwater quality reminiscent of pre-Baroque lamentations.

1.   Etude 6 (percussion)

Oscar Bettison

[from O Death]

Drawing from the wrenching American folk song, 'O Death,' Mr. Bettison reconstructs, warps and transfigures the original melody into a savage and yearning requiem.  We present to you a live recording of the haunting prelude – a mere fraction of the far more expansive complete work.

1.   Chorus

Missy Mazzoli

[with Seamus Cater (electronics)]

This short, hypnotic work is a synthesis of delicately turbulent piano harmonies and electronic sine waves that are almost nostalgic in their pared-down austerity.

1.   Orizzonte

SONIC EVENTS

Do the following soundbytes come from a) a goat; b) a shofar; c) a drunken Orson Welles shooting a wine commercial?

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[Glissando Static]

Does this clip come from a) a Bruce Nauman sound installation; b) a satellite signal from the lunar surface; c) getting "strike two" on an Atari 2600 baseball game?

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[Digibberish]

Bonus question: do the following tracks come from a) the robotic dog from Dr. Who; b) the black guy from Police Academy; c) Q-bert?

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Please send your responses to this man:

Winners will receive a free pony in the mail.

RADIO PLAYS

Typer Madness


A soundtrack in the spirit of lunacy--you might think you hear black drums, evil tonails splitting, gutted wolves coaxing Armageddon--but what it really is: an Adler Satellite electric typewriter with an omnidirectional mic duct-taped to it run through a Big Muff guitar distortion pedal and a Fender Twin Reverb amp, manipulated in various ways and recorded onto mini-cassette by the author in the early dawn in L.A.

Empty the Sun is an excerpt for a longer work that will be accompanied by a soundtrack by Six Organs of Admittance. This sample soundtrack is performed and recorded by Joseph F Mattson in the spirit and with the permission of Six Organs.

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