The Name of the Rat Catcher, by Rubin, Marsanyi & Brown

The Name of the Rat Catcher

by Rubin, Marsanyi & Brown

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1.	Thing 2 01:39	info	buy track
2.	Thing 1 06:32	info	buy track
3.	Robert Marsanyi - In theTraditions 08:31	info	buy track
4.	Thing 5 07:49	info	buy track
5.	The Name of the Rat Catcher 17:28	info	buy track

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In 1991, this was cutting edge. Networking computers via MIDI!

This music has much in common with Jazz, Rock and Blues, and you will hear those idioms woven into the texture of the music. The point of departure is the addition of a computer network running custom designed software that is an integral part of the improvising process.

The three "Things" are different combinations of a basic set of software modules, each using a distinct and often atonal organizational logic. It is often difficult to know who is playing what instrument because of timbrel overlap such as acoustic and electronic piano, and the fact that all MIDI instruments are available to all players.

"The Name of the Rat Catcher" uses vocal pattern recognition techniques to store pitch and volume contours of sentences for use as synthesizer control parameters. All electronic sounds are generated from analysis of the spoken voice while Robert and Aric improvise on the piano and electric guitar
following directions in the text.

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released July 1, 1991

Aric Rubin: Electric guitar, midi guitar, module specification
Robert Marsanyi: piano, DX-7, module specification & software design for the Things & In the Traditions.
David Brown: DX-11, spoken voice, software design for The Name of the Rat Catcher.

Recorded at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, CA
Engineered by Larry Shallot
Produced and masted by David Brown
Cover Design by Amy Webb

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David Brown Providence, Rhode Island

David Brown received his MFA in Music from the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California where he studied composition with Anthony Braxton & Kenneth Gaburo and music & information theory with David Rosenboom. His compositions combine found sounds with acoustic and electronic instruments to create collages of orchestral density. ... more

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