#2910: So Many Marimbas...

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

...And only an hour of music for marimbas and marimba-like instruments from various traditions on this New Sounds program. Hear from Oreka Tx, a duo from Spain, who perform on an instrument made of cedar called the Txalaparta (it looks like pairs of wooden planks and is struck with mallets.) Also, listen to an arrangement of Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint" for marimba by Svet Stoyanov, a Professor of Percussion at Peabody. Plus, Super Marimba - music by Payton MacDonald, one of the founders of Alarm Will Sound. MacDonald makes a melodic stream of multiple layers of marimba, using looping machines and delay pedals, which then becomes several different simultaneous rhythmic cycles. And more.

PROGRAM # 2910, Many Marimbas Making Music (First aired on Tues. 3/10/09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Oreka Tx	Nömadak Tx	Lauhazka, excerpt [1:30]	World Village 468085 www.worldvillage.com www.nomadaktx.com
Svet Stoyanov	Percussive Counterpoint	Reich: Electric Counterpoint, arr. Stoyanov [14:00]	CAG 103 www.concertartists.org www.svetstoyanov.com
Oreka Tx	Nömadak Tx	Lauhazka [4:00]	See above.
Uakti	Trilobyte	Music For an Ancient Greek Temple [8:00]	Point Music 454056 Out of print, but available as an import at Amazon.com*
Payton MacDonald	Super Marimba II	Four Places of Prophecy and the Fire Ritual [9:30]	Not yet released. See www.payton macdonald.com for info
Newband (Harry Partch Instrumentarium)	Live, MATA 2000	Gosfield: It Almost Passed in a Dream, excerpt [4:00]	Not commercially released, but listen online: www.matafestival.org
Joby Burgess	Powerplant	Reich: Electric Counterpoint, arr. Burgess, excerpt [6:00]	Signum UK SGK 143 Available at www.hbdirect.com Joby's Myspace: powerplantjobyburgess

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