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Bob Gluck Electric Songs For his second CD, Bob Gluck brings together the complex overlaying of his previous work with his passion for live electronic performance. Gluck performs on traditional instruments from the Mideast, a Turkish lute, the saz and the Jewish shofar (ramÕs horn), which have been expanded with sensors and custom designed software interfaces. The sounds are lush and evocative and the musical forms draw from traditional Jewish sources. Gluck is joined on one extended composition by singer, Zoe B. Zak. The CD closes with a surprising early work of musique concrete, anticipating by two decades Gluck's interest in soundscape composition. Gluck writes: "I have long missed the incorporation of physical gestures, so characteristic of acoustical instrumental performance, in electronic musical practice. These recordings are representative of my recent concerts, in which I have been exploring ways to expand electronic musical performance technique, while extending the natural sonic characteristics of acoustical instruments." This CD is an excellent and highly musical contribution to the evolving tradition of expanded electronic performance. Tracks Zamir (2003), for saz and electronics An abstraction of a traditional Jewish musical form, Zamir is a setting of a Sephardic Jewish melody for 'Tzur Mishelo', a traditional Sabbath dinner table song. The saz is a classical Turkish long-neck stringed instrument in the lute family. This 'eSaz' has been fitted with sensors that measure finger pressure and position, placed on the sides of the neck and on the body of the saz, to allow simultaneous control over many aspects and the multiple layering, of sound. 'Shofar' (2002), for shofar and electronics The shofar (ram's horn) is an ancient instrument that provides a call to reflection, an alarm, a wake-up call. In performance, this shofar is held by a hand wearing a sensor glove, used to shape subtle filtering of its sounds. The goal is to listen 'inside' the sound of the shofar. This first of three versions is a breathy performance. Doina (2003), for saz and electronics A second abstraction of traditional Jewish music, Doina draws from the klezmer literature. Shofar (2002), for shofar and electronics Another, quite different, performance using the same instrument and system. Interlude (2003), for saz and electronics A brief improvisation, drawing upon traditional Turkish musical resources. Shofaralong (2001), for shofar and electronics More traditional shofar calls are layered, filtered, abstracted ... Electric Songs (2002), for voice and electronics Movement I Movement II Movement III Featuring Zoe Zak (voice and recorded voice) and eBoard, a home-designed multi-sensor electronic musical instrument. This three movement setting of Jewish liturgical texts draws upon multiple banks of recorded vocal sounds, voice, and digitally processed voice. The middle section is an abstraction of the biblical narrative, The Binding of Isaac, scored for digitally processed voice. Cape Cod Imaginary Landscape (1974), musique concrete Bob Gluck's first electronic music work, composed as a student of Donald Funes at the Crane School of Music. All of the sounds were recorded in the studio using found objects and transformed using classical tape techniques. Cape Cod is in the ear of the behearer. Buy it!

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