Feb 11, 2020
An in-depth look at the
usability and selection of tunings in drum and bass music between
these three giants! We talk a lot about the writing process and how
microtonality has influenced that. What makes somebody want to use
a microtonal tuning in their music in the first place, if not for
weirdness? What do we think about listeners noticing tunings vs.
what we notice as creators? What is so special about the “aura” and
practicality of each particular tuning? Why use an EDO vs. JI? How
do we go about the process of selecting tunings - is every tuning
valid for musical use? Why do impressions matter more than abstract
theory?
Music
Intro: The Xen Garden - benyamind ft. Xotla [17edo]
The Mirror - benyamind
[22edo]
Bahar Düşleri - Göksel Baktagir
[makam]
Deepest Reaches - Xotla [19edo]
Two - Randy Winchester [15edo]
Scale of ‘Nar - benyamind [31edo]
Dirty Drummer - Sevish [22edo]
Interlude - Xotla [17edo]
So Thankful - Sevish [Blackwood[10]]
Chiral - Xotla [14edo]
Rive - Xotla [17edo]
All Pretends Diminished (intro) - Stephen Weigel [15edo]
Easley Blackwood - Twelve Microtonal Etudes (15 NOTES); keyboard arrangement Stephen Weigel
Fervour - Xotla [34edo]
pthex - Aphex Twin [microtonal]
JI intervals (from @manfish on Twitter)
Lorentz Force - Elaine Walker [17edo]
Love Particle - benyamind [31edo]
All ed3’s 5-50 (from 🎧👂🔜🖤💗📛🎲🎰🎮🥇🚴🌫👂👂💘) - Stephen Weigel
Desert Island Rain - Sevish [313edo]
Love Particle - benyamind [31edo]
Brusselator Sprouts - Xotla [13edo]
Lingardium Waveyosá - benyamind
[BP]
Bohlen-Pierce with reinforced 2^n partials and
manual vibrado (from 🎧👂🔜🖤💗📛🎲🎰🎮🥇🚴🌫👂👂💘) - Stephen Weigel
Buttered Cat Paradox - Xotla [9edo]
We are Earth - benyamind [31edo]
Dark Pillars - Xotla [22edo]
Enthalpic - Xotla [15edo]
Electric Seven - Brendan Byrnes [7edo]
Paint and Epistemology (demo) - Stephen Weigel [19edo]
Sean’s Bits - Sevish [13edo]
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Adam Neely cover [17edo]
Seeps - benyamind [22edo]
Spun - Andrew Heathwaite
[37edo]
Balinese Ceremonial Music (Piano Transcriptions
1940) - Colin Mcphee [pelog]
The Xen Garden - benyamind ft. Xotla [17edo]
Outro: Patina - Xotla [17edo]
Socials/Projects:
Sevish: http://split-notes.com/
Xotla: https://xotla.bandcamp.com/
Benyamind: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFWIWi2GVCKMM9uYDdlUQqw
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Links to upcoming 2020 events
Beyond Microtonal (2/28-3/1): https://music.pitt.edu/beyond
MicroFest Prague (4/23-4/25): https://microintervalinstitute.wordpress.com/
UnTwelve Xenharmonic Convergence (7/19-7/26): https://untwelve.org/summer_camp
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