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asleep, street, pipes, tones

An investigation of the sounding properties of pipes and streets interspersed with a duo for bass clarinet and electric guitar in the form of ten three-minute episodes.

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Personnel:

Michael Pisaro-Liu-Liu-compositions

Barry Chabala-electric guitar

Katie Porter-bass clarinet

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Label: Gravity Wave
Catalog ID: gw 004
Squidco Product Code: 14362

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2011
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardstock Oversized Sleeve
Recorded in January 2011 by Devin Maxwell in Brooklyn, NY. Brief organ samples are taken from three recordings: Eva-Maria Houben, dazwischen/immer anders (EW 0407/8), Burkhard Schlothauer, abregistrieren (EW 0501), and André O. Möller, musik für orgel und eine(n) tonsetzer(in) ...2003... (EW 0702), all performed by Eva-Maria Houben. Thanks to Edition Wandelweiser for permission to use them.

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"asleep, street, pipes, tones (2009) is an investigation of the sounding properties of pipes and streets interspersed with a duo for bass clarinet and electric guitar.

The investigations form ten three-minute episodes, assembled in studio by Pisaro from samples-mostly organ, but also tiny snippets of vocal music and a single piano chord-and field recordings.

The instrumental parts, arranged in nine sections, also three minutes each, develop over the course of the 63'40" duration of the piece from a single tone into long descending melody.

In most sections the samples and instruments are augmented by sine tones."-Gravity Wave

Artist Biographies

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"Guitarist/improvisor Barry Chabala, born of the New Jersey bar scene, is influenced as much by classic rock as he is by modern classical, free improvisation and experimental music. The goal - to blend it all into a personal, creative voice. Barry has presented lectures on graphic scores & improvisation for Bowerbird of Philadelphia, performed numerous compositions from the Wandelweiser collective throughout the United States, and has recorded for labels including Confront, Gravity Wave, Another Timbre, Erstwhile and his own imprint Roeba Records."

-Barry Chabala 5/14/2026

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"Katie Porter plays clarinet, bass clarinet, sings, writes songs and curates performances. She exists mainly in the experimental realm, but can sometimes be found elsewhere."

-Katie Porter Website (https://fromkp.wordpress.com/about/)
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Track Listing:

1. Asleep, Street, Pipes, Tones 1:03:40

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