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Curtis Bahn r!g Curtis Bahn, bass player extraordinaire, takes his virtuoso performance to unbelievable heights of energy and musical mayhem with a sophisticated computer-based interactive electronic system that he himself designed and built. The sounds are great. Even surprising. In fact, they're so surprising that you wonder: How can this be done? And the whole concept is so unconventional, you ask: How could someone even think of it? But the madness in his method becomes clear when you realize that at the center of his r!g is his acoustical 'Sbass' which contains a variety of electronic sensors that greatly extend his performance possibilities. It also becomes clear that the musical power of extended performance together with responsive electronics is formidable, and in this case it allows him to mix sounds, follow algorithmically-generated shapes, process the sound of his own performance on string bass, and do it all so fast and so well that it grabs your attention. And what brings it all together, of course, is his musical sensitivity and the experience of a long background of improvisation. The compositions are called 'SBass', 'mechanique', 'r!p', 'quabbin', 'ornithology', and 'r!g'. Don't miss even one of them. Buy it!

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