Newband


mode 18

Newband Perform Microtonal Works By Partch, Cage, Labarbara, Drummond

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mode 18 NEWBAND performs microtonal works by Harry PARTCH, John CAGE, Joan LaBARBARA and Dean DRUMMOND. With LaBarbara (voice)

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Newband Perform Microtonal Works By Partch, Cage, Labarbara, Drummond

1. JOHN CAGE (1912-1992)

Haikai for flute and zoomoozophone (1984)  8:09 First recording.
Stefani Starin, flute
Dean Drummond, zoomoozophone

2. HARRY PARTCH (1901-1974)

Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales (1946, arr. Drummond)  4:00

Stefani Starin, flute
Dean Drummond & Dominic Donato, zoomoozophone

3. JOAN LaBARBARA (b.1947)

Silent Scroll (1982)  10:05
Joan LaBarbara, voice
Stefani Starin, flute
Lewis Paer, double-bass
Dean Drummond, Dominic Donato, zoomoozophone, cup gong

4. DEAN DRUMMOND (b.1949)

Then or Never (1984)  8:47
Stefani Starin, flute
Ron Lawrence, viola
Donald Palma, double-bass
James Pugliese, Dominic Donato, Gregory Charnon, zoomoozophone

5. Columbus (1980)  10:21

Stefani Starin, flute
James Pugliese, Dominic Donato, Dean Drummond, zoomoozophone

6. Incredible Time (to Live and Die) (1988)  13:08

Stefani Starin, flute
Elizabeth Rogers, Yamaha DX711 synthesizer
Dominic Donato, Korg DDD1 digital drums, zoomoozophone, Chinese cymbals, sleigh bells. tambourine
James Pugliese, zoomoozophone, Chinese cymbals
William Trigg, zoomoozophone, Chinese gongs, steel bowl
Dean Drummond, conductor

The debut recording of Newband, an ensemble specializing in microtonal music and focused around a unique instrument, the zoomoozophone. Invented by Dean Drummond (who was a student of Harry Partch and played in his legendary Gate 5 ensemble), the zoomoozophone looks somewhat like a marimba withwith aluminum tubes-except that it is about 20 feet long and consists of 129 tubes tuned to a 31-note scale in just-intonation.

All of the works on the CD are first recordings, including Drummond’s arrangement of Partch’s Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales for Newband’s instruments. The Cage, LaBarbara and Drummond works were composed for the group. Volume 2 with Newband is on mode 33.

Released 1990.