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LR's "Air"

by Al Margolis

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The basis of this recording uses Leslie Ross’ piece “Air” from her drop by drop, suddenly cd on XI Records (and also on Bandcamp). I was practicing my reed instrument playing to this multiphonic bassoon drone, and then decided I would record (in a sort of Exquisite Corpse way) each of my wind parts (clarinet, alto clarinet, alt and tenor saxes) to Leslie’s piece, but without listening to my previous playing. The original quartet (without the bassoon recording), didn’t quite work, so I did some pitch shifting and stretching to copies of my original version, making it a 12 track version. Which still was not quite right. Long story short, this version is a wind quintet version, with Leslie’s bassoon recording added. The tenor sax track is the only original recording of mine – the rest are pitched. Stretch versions of the other tracks I played. Hopefully (a) this makes sense, (b) was worth reading, and (c) is worth listening to. Many thanks to Leslie Ross for the composition(s) and permission to use her recording in this.

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released November 2, 2019
Leslie Ross: bassoon
Al Margolis: clarinet, alto clarinet, alto & tenor sax

"Air" is from Leslie Ross' 2 CD release on XI Records: "drop by drop, suddenly"

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If, Bwana was begun on New Year's day 1984 by Al Margolis, who was an activist in the 1980s American cassette underground through his cassette label Sound of Pig Music. He co-founded experimental music label Pogus Productions, which he continues to run. If, Bwana makes music that has swung between fairly spontaneous studio constructions and more process-oriented composition. ... more

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