K503/K504 Suggested Listening with I.U. Variations Links

[What is Variations]

NOTE: Make sure the mono/stereo switch on the Music Library headphone amp is OUT, so that you hear in stereo!

Autechre: tewe
Listen to it in Variations (track 3).
Barry Truax: Pacific (1990), either the first movment, "Ocean," or the second movement, "Fog."
Listen to it in Variations.
Read Truax's description of granular sampling.
Read Truax's program note for Pacific.
Brad Derrick: Odd Waves (1995).
Listen to it in Variations (track 12).
Bruce Hamilton: Interzones, for vibraphone and tape (1996).
Listen to it in Variations (track 3).
Read Hamilton's program note.
Frances White: Still Life with Piano, for tape (1989)
Variations - track 5
Francis Dhomont: Espace / Escape (1989), 1st 3 minutes (at least).
Listen to it in Variations (track 11).
Read Dhomont's program note for Espace / Escape.
Francis Dhomont: Foret Profonde (1994-96), as many of the sections as you want, but at least 1, 2 and 6.
Listen to it in Variations.
(There is some text in various languages. If you want to know what's being said, check out the CD and look at the booklet. The call number is 5135620 Frontlog.)
Read Dhomont's program note for Foret Profonde.
Gilles Gobeil: Associations Libres [Free Associations] (1990), for electric guitar and tape (whole piece - it's only 3 minutes long).
Listen to it in Variations (track 3).
If you have time, also listen either to Le Vertige Inconnu [The Mysterious Vertigo] (1993), for tape (track 1), or to La Ou Vont Les Nuages... [Where the Clouds Go...] (1990-91), for ondes Martenot, MIDI instruments and tape (track 7).
Gilles Gobeil: Le Vertige Inconnu [The Mysterious Vertigo], for tape (1993)
Variations - track 1
Hildegard Westerkamp: A Walk Through the City (1981), 1st 6 minutes (at least).
Listen to it in Variations (track 4).
Read Westerkamp's program note.
John Gibson: Thrum, for tape (1998)
Variations - track 2
John Oswald: Bell Speeds (1990)
Dan Lander: I'm Looking at My Hand (1990)
Hildegard Westerkamp: Breathing Room (1990)
Charles Amirkhanian: Bajanoom (1990)
Listen to them in Variations (tracks 4, 18, 23, 25).
Read program notes.
Jonty Harrison: Hot Air (1995), 1st 5 minutes (at least).
Listen to it in Variations (track 5).
Read Harrison's program note for Hot Air.
Jonty Harrison: Klang, for tape (1982)
Variations - track 1
Katharine Norman: Hard Cash (and small dreams of change) (199?).
Listen to it in Variations (track 9).
Martin Butler: Night Machines, for tape (1987)
Variations - track 4
Nine Inch Nails: the downward spiral and hurt (1994).
Listen to it in Variations (tracks 13 and 14).
Note: You'll hear the left channel breaking up in places; this is intentional, not a problem with your headphone amp.
Paul Koonce: Pins, for tape (1996).
Listen to it in Variations (track 3).
Paul Lansky: Idle Chatter (1985)
Listen to it in Variations (track 1).
Read Lansky's program note.

If you've already heard this and don't want to hear it again, listen to some other Lansky piece, such as...
      Idle Chatter Junior (track 1)
      Things She Carried
      Heavy Set (track 4)
      Memory Pages (track 6).

Robert Normandeau: Jeu (1989), at least the first five minutes.
Listen to it in Variations.
Read Normandeau's program note for Jeu. The Perotin piece, Viderunt omnes, quoted throughout Jeu, is on a Hilliard Ensemble CD in Variations (track 1).
If Jeu is too "all-over-the-place" for you, try Le Cap de la Tourmente, on the same CD as Jeu.
Zack Browning: Network Slammer (1998).
Listen to it in Variations (track 6).
Read Browning's program note.

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