An algorithmic composition for Elliott Sharp's Orchestra Carbon modeled on biological paradigms of growth and reproduction, recorded at Tonic in 2001 with a large ensemble of instrumentalists including Ned Rothenberg, Steve Swell, Jim Pugliese, Andy Laster, &c. and programmers and sampler performers including David Weinstein, R. Luke Dubois, and Zeena Parkins.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2001 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at Tonic, in New York, New York, on March 31st, 2001, by Bruce Gallanter.
"RADIOLARIA is an algorithmic composition for E#'s Orchestra Carbon modeled on biological paradigms of growth and reproduction. The score combines musical notation with written instructions that guide the performers' interactions in order to generate both musical structures and acoustic phenomena such as "difference tones." These effects are enhanced by E#'s live computer processing of the ensemble's aggregate sound. Through this process, overtones and subharmonics are extracted, processed, and then fed back into the mix to generate difference tone effects and "ghost instruments". The sound ranges from sweet and transparent to a dense and throbbing roar. Radiolaria premiered at the Whitney Museum at 42nd St in December 1999."-oZar