1. Alekhine and Junge at Prague (After Jas H Duke)
Performed & Recorded by Bryan Eubank, Berlin 2013.
2. For Sam Pettigrew, even though he pissed on me
Performed Sam Pettigrew, Bermagui - Yuin Country. Recorded by Sam Pettigrew and Rishin Singh 2012.
All composition by Rishin Singh.
Thanks to Lee Kwang, Bryan, Sam, Dale, Jim, Laura & Monica.
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Bryan Eubanks is the performer of the first piece composed by Rishin Singh called "Alekhine and Junge at Prague (After Jas H Duke)". I assume he still plays oscillators here, making a short sound, of variable lengths, and silence inbetween, lots of silence actually. Maybe this is supposed to be some sort of zen meditation thing, but it somehow eluded me. Maybe we should see the score? Probably also conceptual is "For Sam Pettigrew, even though he pissed on me", which is 'performed Sam Pettigrew, Bermagui - Yuin Country. Recorded by Sam Pettigrew & Rishin Singh 2012'. Here we have field recordings and an occasional guitar bump, which may occur only three times. There are also some static crackles here and there. I am not sure what this all is about, really. Is it very conceptual in some way? Is there a score that tells these musicians what to do? Or is it all about field recordings in the end? That's the sort of thing I was wondering about, really. I quite liked the second piece, but didn't care for the first that much. Oh well.
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