Acouslytic
Acousmatic and electroacoustic works from Roger Dean and Hazel Smith with austraLYSIS. Dean's music and Smith's words form a distinctive soundworld that challenges, inspires and intrigues.
Roger Dean, Hazel Smith and austraLYSIS present thirteen pieces that mix processed sound, live electronics and spoken text. The programme moves between short studies and longer soundscapes, among them Jungle Jongleur, Percy's Centrifuge and Sono Va.
Artists
Roger Dean
Roger Dean's piano and computer improvisations move from lucid jazz homage to dense electroacoustic layering, often with austraLYSIS. Sensitive touch meets algorithmic process, blue notes and dance rhythms surviving inside radical sound design.
Hazel Smith
Hazel Smith's words cut through processed sound and live electronics: spoken text that rides the edge of electroacoustic improvisation with austraLYSIS, turning poetry into a physical presence in the mix.
austraLYSIS
austraLYSIS works across acoustic free improvisation and live computer interaction, pitting saxophones, piano and percussion against electronics in music that holds tension, risks emotion and never settles into one style.
Tracks
- Jungle Jongleur Roger Dean Hazel Smith 3:23
- Acouslytic Roger Dean Hazel Smith 9:01
- Dust Roger Dean Hazel Smith 1:23
- Automotive Roger Dean Hazel Smith 6:12
- Fissuring Silence Roger Dean Hazel Smith 1:20
- Hope: The Spear and the Boat Roger Dean Hazel Smith 1:10
- Electric Tomato: after Archigram Roger Dean Hazel Smith 7:41
- Lowering the Sky Roger Dean Hazel Smith 2:32
- Percy's Centrifuge Roger Dean Hazel Smith 11:06
- FrogWordMirror Roger Dean Hazel Smith 2:17
- Sono Va Roger Dean Hazel Smith 6:44
- Silent Nuraghi Roger Dean Hazel Smith 5:34
- Wobbling the Humours Roger Dean Hazel Smith 4:06
Performers
- Roger Dean
- Hazel Smith
- austraLYSIS · ensemble
Contributors
Cover
Roger Dean
Roger Dean's piano and computer improvisations move from lucid jazz homage to dense electroacoustic layering, often with austraLYSIS. Sensitive touch meets algorithmic process, blue notes and dance rhythms surviving inside radical sound design.
Where to listen
Acouslytic is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Acouslytic is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- TP153
- Total playing time
- 62 minutes 29 seconds
- Producer
- Greg White
Roger Dean - Credit
- Roger Dean
- Release date
- 29 Jul 2000
- Label
- Tall Poppies
- Musical work
copyright - © 2000 Tall Poppies Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2000 Tall Poppies Records
- Categories
- Improvisation, Voice / Soundscape
- Genres
- Experimental, Contemporary Classical
- Barcode
- EAN 9399001001538
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