Downtown NY multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp in an absorbing set of very-electric-guitar pieces accompanied by computer, focusing on melodic and groove-based work with a broad range of influences.
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Limited edition, 500 copies only, signed by E# and numbered.
UPC: B00D78TPXA
Label: Long Song Records
Catalog ID: LSRCD128
Squidco Product Code: 17905
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2013
Country: Italy
Packaging: Cardstock gatefold foldover
"Haptikon is a set of very-electric-guitar pieces accompanied by computer.
Haptikon may be heard as an outgrowth of E#'s Tectonics project. Where Tectonics was a form of psychedelic noise jungle techno played on both saxophones and guitars interacting electronically with computerized grooves and processing, with Haptikon, the focus is on a more melodic and lyrical approach. E# pays homage to improvised traditions in jazz, blues, rock, Indian music, and even country & western! The results are cinematic in scope and give the feeling of a full band. Sharp's virtuosity on guitar and originality as a composer are in full evidence on Haptikon."-Long Song Records
Limited edition, 500 copies only, signed by E# and numbered.
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Elliott Sharp "Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer. A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction. His collaborators have included Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt; pop singer Debbie Harry; Ensemble Modern; Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Kronos String Quartet; Ensemble Resonanz; cello innovator Frances Marie Uitti; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; pipa virtuoso Min-Xiao Feng; jazz greats Jack deJohnette, Oliver Lake, and Sonny Sharrock; multimedia artists Christian Marclay and Pierre Huyghe; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jajouka. Sharp is a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2014 Fellow at Parson's Center for Transformative Media. He received the 2015 Berlin Prize in Musical Composition from the American Academy in Berlin. He has composed scores for feature films and documentaries; created sound-design for interstitials on The Sundance Channel, MTV and Bravo networks; and has presented numerous sound installations in art galleries and museums. He is the subject of a new documentary "Doing The Don't" by filmmaker Bert Shapiro."-Elliott Sharp ^ Hide Bio for Elliott Sharp
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Track Listing:
1. Pireps 7:40
2. Umami 7:58
3. Phosphones 7:16
4. Sigil Walking 9:32
5. Messier 55 9:12
6. Finger Of Speech 7:13
Improvised Music
Electro-Acoustic
Electro-Acoustic Improv
Organized Sound and Sample Based Music
Guitarists, &c.
NY Downtown & Jazz/Improv
Solo Artist Recordings
Limited Editions & Out of Print
Electronic Forms
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