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Devils of the Night
Ron Nagorcka and Robert Williams
Ron Nagorcka is not only a didjeridu virtuoso, but is one of Tasmania's most important and distinctive contemporary composers. Armed with his digital sampler, Nagorcka is able to not only draw upon the sounds of the local wildlife and countryside but combine them with extraordinary electronic manipulation and Pythagorean just intonation.
On this, his first CD for Move Records, Nagorcka is joined by his long-time collaborator, the Melbourne-based pianist, educator and co-composer Robert Williams. The gorgeous cover and backcard artwork is by the acclaimed Tasmanian artist, Philip Wolfhagen. From the many Nagorcka / Williams didjeridu and sampler collaborations, to Elizabeth Anderson's harpsichord in Zygodactyl Dance, and Larry Polansky's electric guitar in Mood from Lake Mungo, Devils of the Night will provide an evening of listening you won't easily forget. Press quotes:
“sensuous rather than cerebral ... most rewarding ... the disc is strongly recommended.”
— Peter Larsen, 3MBS FM Libretto “beautiful harmonies ... deeply satisfying ... music that repays repeated listening.”— Roz Cheney, Sounds Australian Journal “... wondrous ... the most Tasmanian [non-indigenous] music I have ever heard”— Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer “... wonderful in the balancing of ecological sources and musical structures. Nagorcka has a very sensitive ear for nature ...”— Pauline Oliveros, New York “brilliantly effective electronic manipulation ... fascinating ... unique”— New Classics, UK “a variety of nocturnal fantasies ... The constant and delightful thread of sounds weaving throughout this CD is the representation of animal, bird and environmental sounds. They keep the heart of the land always at the forefront of attention.”— Elizabeth Scarlett, ArtStreams Audio previews:
Track Listing:
Devils of the Night
Zygodactyl Dance Mood from Lake Mungo Cockatoo About 3 Noyenna Crow Chorale Bunbundalui Dancing with the Organ-bird Calamanthus This Beauteous Wicked Place The Frolicking Quoll Tasmanian Toccata Prelude (original version) Prelude (mandolin vesion) Galah E-gypt Tarranyennah Catalogue Number: MD3259
Price: AU$26.00
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Elizabeth Anderson is one of our finest harpsichord players, and has performed in no less than eleven international concert tours to Europe, Japan and Singapore. She is a regular guest lecturer and performer at universities and music schools throughout Australia.
Ron Nagorcka has a long-held interest in the sounds of the Australian bush (in particular its birds), the use of electronics in music and the system of tuning known as just intonation. His recordings of nature in Tasmania and in the arid zones of mainland Australia provide the basis for many of his compositions.
Robert Williams has a long standing involvement with the performance and promotion of contemporary Australian music.His busy artistic life includes the co-ordination and direction of music festivals such as the Great Southern Sounds Festiva held at the National Gallery of Victoria (1995 / 6), working as a music journalist and critic, and restoring and rebuilding pianos.
Larry Polansky is a composer, theorist, performer, software designer, teacher, writer, editor and publisher from New Hampshire, USA. He is the founder and co-director of Frog Peak Music (A Composers' Collective).
Ever fascinated by audience-space-performer relationships, clarinettist/composer Karlin Love has been known to perform in art galleries, seedy pubs, woolsheds, wooded ravines, aircraft hangars and on barges.
Rhys Boak is one of Australia's busiest organists. He is in constant demand locally and internationally as both a recitalist and accompanist. He is a veteran of several concert tours including tours to Europe and Asia and his playing can be heard on more than a dozen CD recordings. He is currently the organist and manager of music at St. Michael's Church, Melbourne.
David Scott Hamnes now works as a consultant for church music and hymnody at the Liturgical Centre, Church of Norway, and is the Organist at Ilen church, Trondheim. He has composed works for organ and is currently working on a PhD degree on Australian organ music.
Geoffrey d'Ombrain now pursues his real musical passions: improvisation, composition and performimg. Flute playing is a central part of all this, as is the attraction of music derived from bird calls.
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