Feb 24, 2023
Experimental bagpipe and bass legend Mat Muntz brings
his Croatian folk music expertise to the table… a topic most would
say he has matsered in depth. Check out his latest album “Phantom
Island” on Bandcamp, which freely combines folk music and jazz
idioms into a grand polysystemic masterpiece. A lot of our
conversation revolves around the intriguing differences between
instruments such as bagpipes and double reeds, folk music/other
influences, and tuning systems existing together in the same piece.
The process of solving microtonal “issues” in an ensemble setting
is one we describe as constantly bringing weird findings that cause
learning, and joy. Also, keep your ears ready for connections
between geography and tuning, and the latest conspiracy about
Tartini!
Music
[Intro] Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 3)
Vex Collection - Fugue
Beethoven - Ode to Joy (in Istrian scale)
Mat Muntz - Cembalo Brutto (track 5)
Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 1)
Mat Muntz - Cembalo Brutto (track 3)
Agustín Castilla Ávila - Gemiden
Stephen Weigel - Tenacious Chorale
Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 1)
Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 4)
Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 3)
Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 4)
Traditional - clip of Croatian women singing
[Outro] Mat Muntz - Phantom Islands (track 3)
Mat Muntz’s music on Bandcamp:
https://matmuntz.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-islands
https://thevexcollection.bandcamp.com/album/the-vex-collection
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