Parallels of Infinite Perspect
Colin Marston & Eliane Gazzard
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Recorded in EMPAC Concert Hall.
Parallels of Infinite Perspect is an epic experiment exploring ambiance, harsh noise and ritualism through a process of feedback manipulation generated with effects pedals sent to amplifiers and a pitch-to-MIDI converter feeding a player piano (Disklavier). The piano was forced to interpret the feedback (which is fairly abstract in terms of pitch and rhythmic content), creating both deeply meditative and chaotically unpredictable results and comprises four variations on this process:
I. Marston performing feedback and feedback-controlled piano.
II. Marston performing feedback-controlled piano with Gazzard playing the same piano simultaneously.
III. Marston performing feedback and feedback-controlled prepared piano with Gazzard manipulating the preparations and sustain pedal.
IV. Marston performing feedback-controlled piano layered twice simultaneously with Gazzard and Marston sharing sustain pedal duties.
The album comprises four long form pieces running in at over 75 transfixing minutes during which no single moment is wasted. Parallels of Infinite Perspect takes the listener on an enthralling sonic journey through territory that is simultaneously unsettling and therapeutic.