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3. Juni 2016 · Rhys Chatham returns with his first new album in 3 years, the apocryphal and enchanting Pythagorean Dream. Primarily focused on the electric guitar (but also featuring flute and a bit of trumpet) the recording is named after the Pythagorean guitar tuning it employs. The new album is a truly singular endeavour; composed, performed ...
- On The Problem of Staging Large-Ensemble Guitar Opuses
- How Solo Playing Is Linked to Larger-Scale Works
- On The Tuning That Anchors The New Album
- On The Influences Behind The Piece
When we first did A Crimson Grail, the idea of having so many guitars was I simply wanted to surround the audience with guitars. And the first time we did it [in Paris] I thought we’d need 400 guitars to surround the audience. So I had a call for 400 electric guitarists. And everyone says this piece is for 400 guitars. But strictly between you and ...
The link between the 100-guitar or 200-guitar pieces and the solo I’m doing now is I specifically approach the solo by asking this question: how can I get the sound of a lot of instruments in a solo? How can I do this by myself, without having to ask a hundred musicians to donate their services constantly? The model came out of Poppy Nogood, the Te...
In a tuning in “just intonation”, everything relates to one note – you know, a fundamental note. In this case it’s a low E string tuned down to a D on an electric guitar. And so when you hit that D string you’re hearing all the overtones: you hear an A, you hear a D octave, and you hear a seventh overtone of a C, which is like a minor seventh. And ...
Pythagorean Dream really does have a heck of a lot of influences! Hopefully I’m putting it through a personal filter. We can hear La Monte Young in it. We hear Terry [Riley]. We hear Bill Dixon, we hear Don Cherry. We hear all kinds of things. And we’re hearing Rhys! Tony Conrad was a huge influence. I had met Tony before I met La Monte. Tony was o...
23. Mai 2016 · Pythagorean Dream. Rhys Chatham. 2016. 7.6. By Marc Masters. Genre: Experimental. Label: Foom. Reviewed: May 23, 2016. The pioneering composer and guitarist's latest album *Pythagorean...
28. Apr. 2024 · Now, as the holographic present unfolds, Chatham traverses the soundscape as a solitary figure, serenading with versions of ‘A Pythagorean Dream’, borne by the UK’s Foom Records. Yet, in his duality, he intertwines with guitarist David Fenech, their symphonies crystallized in a CD from the Austrian alcove of Klang Gallery Label ...
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27. Mai 2016 · Pythagorean Dream by Rhys Chatham released in 2016. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
15. Juni 2016 · Despite Chatham's history of working with hundreds of musicians for a single project, the complex and curious Pythagorean Dream is all about Chatham and his guitar. By Matthew Fiander
