Luke Martin began this work with a field recording at Mentryville Park in Southern California, which was transcribed by himself and Amy Golden, Ben Levinson, Davy Sumner, and Ryan Gaston using Martin's system of notating silence, then combined into the final score for this recording.
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Luke Martin-composer
Ryan Gaston-laptop
Amy Golden-voice
Ben Levinson-doublebass
Davy Sumner-percussion
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UPC: 4011778040811
Label: Edition Wandelweiser Records
Catalog ID: EWR 1613
Squidco Product Code: 23044
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2016
Country: Germany
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels
Recorded at Mentryville Park, Santa Clarita, California, on April 28th, 2016 by Ryan Gaston.
"so softly that it came, a wild dim chatter, meaningless was recorded at Mentryville Park in Southern California. The performance began just before sunrise, at a clearing halfway up the mountain trail.
The piece originated from a field recording in the middle of Mentryville Park; alone, in the same location, and as the sun was rising. Amy Golden, Ben Levinson, Davy Sumner, and Ryan Gaston received this field recording and we proceeded to transcribe the same portion of it using my developing notation for silence. All slightly different, these five transcriptions were then combined into a score, in which performers could wander while reading at their own pace(s) left to right."-Luke Martin
"Mr. Knott talked often to himself too, with great variety and vehemence of intonation and gesticulation, but this so softly that it came, a wild dim chatter, meaningless to Watt's ailing ears. This was a noise of which Watt grew exceedingly fond. Not that he was sorry when it ceased, not that he was glad when it came again, no. But while it sounded, he was gladdened, as by the rain on bamboos, or even rushes, as by the land against the waves, doomed to cease, doomed to come again."-Samuel Beckett, Watt
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• Show Bio for Luke Martin Luke Martin is an experimental composer, performer, and writer living in Minneapolis, MN. He plays guitar and no-input mixing board, often with people in and around the Wandelweiser Group, and is part of the ensemble Ordinary Affects. Luke's work is mainly oriented toward thinking - particularly by way of silence as such - a positive relation between music and truth. ^ Hide Bio for Luke Martin
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Track Listing:
1. So Softly That It Came, A Wild Dim Chatter, Meaningless 1:12:06
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Electro-Acoustic
Electroacoustic Composition
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