nobody could explain it (AC-4004) nobody could explain it (AC-4004)Composer/philosopher Rothenberg sets clarinet and woodflute against synthesizer and synth drum sounds. The machines are played by hand, not by an electronic pulse, giving the music a distinctly non-synthetic feel. Includes Tibetan wind pieces from the Nyingmapa and Gelugpa Buddhist traditions, folk songs from Scandinavia, Hasidic chants, works inspired by texts from Eskimo shamans and the I Ching, transformed by an exuberant playing style.
"A sense of virtuosity traveling all over the world"
John Cage
"Colorful sounds, exotic rhythms, flashy clarinet solos...calling Laurie Anderson to mind."
Tim Page, New York Newsday
"For Rothenberg, the machine is a totally natural extension of human playing."
Tod Machover
"Hauntingly beautiful music." David Strassman, Parkland Press
Personnel: David Rothenberg, cls, kbs, wind synth, exotic winds, words; Hamid Drake, tabla (14), Tibetan bowls (3,10); Graeme Boone, guitar (4); Dion Sorrell, electric cello (8).
Tracks: 1.We Need Deserts; 2.Thoreau Falls; 3.Se Lo; 4.Awake in Dreams; 5.Song from Rettvik; 6.Nalungiaq; 7.Wind of Design; 8.Nigun of Ladi; 9.The Last Day; 10.Mani; 11.Ras al Khaima; 12.Ellipsis...; 13.Keeping Still; 14.Three Sounds.
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