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{"id":4878189035652,"title":"Daniel Schmidt \/\/ Abies Firma CD","handle":"daniel-schmidt-abies-firma-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカのガムラン奏者Daniel Schmidtが、2019年にリリースしたCDです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eガムランやバイオリンによるエキゾチック・アンビエント10曲を収録。廃盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=710372385\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/track=966270246\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRecital:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\"The second album by the American Gamelan composer and instrument builder, Daniel Schmidt, following In My Arms, Many Flowers, his majestic debut on Recital.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAbies Firma lies next chronologically, collecting works from 1976 to 1991, considered the second phase of his compositional form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“We were like children playing with new toys,” Daniel recalls of the early days of American Gamelan music.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Though, as we moved into the 1980s, I moved away from Javanese traditional formalism completely, no longer using a constant stream of notes.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaniel became a father twice over in the early 80s, transforming his compositional voice, finding himself open to new affects.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotably, the Sierra fir species, ‘abies firma’ … “These trees gave me a sense of rising and rising, all their branches reaching toward sun and sky.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLooking at them across open spaces, I felt myself part of their upward striving.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe tall mountain trees became rising themes and arpeggios, sometimes even sweeping across the six octaves of the gamelan.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis album holds a variety of recordings including an especially immersive tape-delay piece for the rebab, a bowed Javanese instrument.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA sort of Eastern Frippertronics weaving the stereo field.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnother standout is a semi-improvised flute and gamelan work, ebbing in slowly like a night’s wind.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Accumulation” and “Abies Magnifica,” the spirited opening pieces, exemplify the precision and dexterity of Daniel’s group, The Berkeley Gamelan, who at this time were constantly performing around North America.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTwo pieces on the album were co-composed by Schmidt and the late Lou Harrison, who helped conceive of the American style of gamelan and enjoyed a similarly long and varied musical career.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Unempins to Sociseknum” is based on arranging Harrison’s social security number against Schmidt’s unemployment insurance number.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA window into the cooperative spirit and experimentation of the late 70s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWith each LP comes a CD including the addition of “One White Crow,” a three-part tapestry of melodic fragments which epitomizes the second phase of Schmidt’s composing; a divergence from both Javanese and European music.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaniel states, “William James once said that one white crow would suffice to overturn science’s assertion that all crows are black.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI felt myself to be ‘one white crow’ amidst the prominent, established musical styles.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Sean McCann, September 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdition of 1000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplimentary CD version with additional 20-minute suite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Daniel Schmidt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : Recital \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-26T07:05:05+09:00","created_at":"2020-04-26T07:27:55+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["ambient","cd","contemporary \/ sound poetry","new","Recital","sound poetry"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":33563702231172,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Daniel Schmidt \/\/ Abies Firma CD","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1495,"weight":60,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/R70Coversmall-1024x1024.jpg?v=1587853677"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/R70Coversmall-1024x1024.jpg?v=1587853677","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":7816394834052,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1024,"width":1024,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/R70Coversmall-1024x1024.jpg?v=1587853677"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/R70Coversmall-1024x1024.jpg?v=1587853677","width":1024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカのガムラン奏者Daniel Schmidtが、2019年にリリースしたCDです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eガムランやバイオリンによるエキゾチック・アンビエント10曲を収録。廃盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=710372385\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=none\/track=966270246\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRecital:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\"The second album by the American Gamelan composer and instrument builder, Daniel Schmidt, following In My Arms, Many Flowers, his majestic debut on Recital.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAbies Firma lies next chronologically, collecting works from 1976 to 1991, considered the second phase of his compositional form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“We were like children playing with new toys,” Daniel recalls of the early days of American Gamelan music.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Though, as we moved into the 1980s, I moved away from Javanese traditional formalism completely, no longer using a constant stream of notes.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaniel became a father twice over in the early 80s, transforming his compositional voice, finding himself open to new affects.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotably, the Sierra fir species, ‘abies firma’ … “These trees gave me a sense of rising and rising, all their branches reaching toward sun and sky.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLooking at them across open spaces, I felt myself part of their upward striving.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe tall mountain trees became rising themes and arpeggios, sometimes even sweeping across the six octaves of the gamelan.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis album holds a variety of recordings including an especially immersive tape-delay piece for the rebab, a bowed Javanese instrument.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA sort of Eastern Frippertronics weaving the stereo field.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnother standout is a semi-improvised flute and gamelan work, ebbing in slowly like a night’s wind.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Accumulation” and “Abies Magnifica,” the spirited opening pieces, exemplify the precision and dexterity of Daniel’s group, The Berkeley Gamelan, who at this time were constantly performing around North America.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTwo pieces on the album were co-composed by Schmidt and the late Lou Harrison, who helped conceive of the American style of gamelan and enjoyed a similarly long and varied musical career.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Unempins to Sociseknum” is based on arranging Harrison’s social security number against Schmidt’s unemployment insurance number.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA window into the cooperative spirit and experimentation of the late 70s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWith each LP comes a CD including the addition of “One White Crow,” a three-part tapestry of melodic fragments which epitomizes the second phase of Schmidt’s composing; a divergence from both Javanese and European music.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDaniel states, “William James once said that one white crow would suffice to overturn science’s assertion that all crows are black.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI felt myself to be ‘one white crow’ amidst the prominent, established musical styles.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Sean McCann, September 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdition of 1000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplimentary CD version with additional 20-minute suite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eartist : Daniel Schmidt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elabel : Recital \u003c\/p\u003e"}