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Piano mechanics - Large piano magnifield
This album was co-produced by gordon monahan and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 'Large piano magnified' was commissioned for the CBC radio program Two New Hours by executive producer David Jaeger. Recorded and produced at CBC Radio, Toronto, from August to December, 1985. Recording technician: David Quinney. Producer: David Jaeger. Production director: gordon monahan. Original recordings of a piano were altered using two studio techniques: altering tape playback speed; and multi-trackin…
Saskatchewan sound installations
Gordon Monahan conjures up the prairies of Saskatchewan with an impressive series of varied tracks utilising his fascinating installations. The piercing cry of the 'Theremin Pendulum' begins an auditory odyssey that takes us across a soundscape both harsh and delicate. A sense of openness infects these pieces, as Monahan shows us once again that he is a master of spacing and pacing. This cd includes a Quicktime video of Monahan's Aeolian String Installation at the Claybank Brick Factory, and a 1…
Theremin in the rain
A theremin controls a MIDI interface that manipulates several sound sculptures. The results range from abstract atmospheres to heavy low-frequencies and driving rhythm, with nary a dull moment. Long piano strings are beaten senseless by metallic strikers while water droplets fall in rhythmic patterns onto amplified percussive plates suspended above the ground, blurring the borders between the electronic and the organic. This piece, which had its premiere at the 2003 Open Ears Festival, is, in th…
Speaker swinging & Piano mechanics
This release is the first of three discs that C3R is slated to release by Gordon Monahan, and represents his first release in fourteen years. This CD is a re-release of two of Monahan’s best-known early works: ‘Piano Mechanics’ (which won first prize at the 1984 CBC Young Composers Competition), and ‘Speaker Swinging’ (his universally acclaimed, manually-operated sound installation). Both of these remastered pieces are awe-inspiring sound experimentations, possessing a visceral quality th…