Cellular Etudes (2012-2013) CD 96

Warren Burt

Scarlet Aardvark CD 96

Title: Cellular Etudes (2012-2013)

This is a set of 12 pieces, each 5 minutes long, and each one generated with a different “Cellular Automata” a kind of self-generating mathematical diagram. Additionally, each piece is made with a wide variety of timbres, each of which is probably associated with a different kind of music, making a happy mix of sonic metaphors. The album also comes with complete liner notes (2 pdf files) and the cover image.

Track List

1) The Slowly Gathering Soliloquy (5:05)

2) Another Accordion March (5:07)

3) Eclipse and Clocks over Albion (5:08)

4) A Bureaucrat Tells the Truth (5:07)

5) Remembering Durational Melancholy (5:19)

6) The Perils of Paulinian Polyrhythms (5:10)

7) The Eighth Wonder of the Learned Alchemists of Macedonia (5:08)

8) After Aida (5:08)

9) Heat-Stressed Pelicans at Swan Bay (5:08)

10) for Richard Orton (5:05)

11) Non-Pythagorean Dance for Felix (5:06)

12) This is REAL: Ersatz Concerto for Imaginary Prepared Piano and Virtual Chamber Ensemble - A Journey in the Imagination (5:07)

Keywords:

Cellular Automata

algorithmic composition

math derived music

computer music

ASUS Netbook Computer

ArtWonk

Audio Mulch

Scala

Garritan Aria Player

Modartt Pianoteq Pro

Plogue sfz Sampler

Garritan Jazz and Big Band Library

Cakewalk Dimension Pro Library

Plogue Chipsounds Library

multi-timbral music

microtonal music

just intonation

Ervin Wilson

Mt Meru Scales

additive sequence scales