Harmonic Colour Fields

by Warren Burt

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1.	Portrait Of Erv Wilson 13:10	info	buy track
2.	Portrait Of John Chalmers 10:25	info	buy track
3.	Adjacencies (A Drone On Breaking My Kneecap) 13:04	info	buy track
4.	11:21:23 (A Drone On Mom And Felix's Birthdays) 16:13	info	buy track
5.	48=>53; 53=>48 15:35	info	buy track

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"Harmonic Colour Fields is a set of five computer pieces which explore static microtonal harmonic fields. This means that once a piece begins, harmonically, it's going to stay pretty much the same for it's entire duration. The pieces are descended from the 1970s "drone" pieces of such composers as La Monte Young, Charlemagne Palestine, Hal Budd, and myself, but they make greater use of slow harmonic progressions to make more varied musical surfaces. I wanted to make pieces where the quality of the harmony was the primary focus, and so used very simple rhythms, plain electronic timbres, and a minimum of melodic structuring. In fact, in these pieces, any sense of melody is simply the result of how the harmonic material is articulated. That is, change in harmony, and not construction of melody was my aim in making these pieces. The title refers to the "colour field" minimalist painters of the 60s and 70s. I thought of these pieces as analogous to those paintings, in that the explore the varieties and shades of one particular harmonic musical colour."

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released October 10, 2003

All works composed and performed by Warren Burt, using Kinetic Music Machine, Drummer, Cakewalk, Roland Sound Canvas Synth, PC286 Compatible Computer

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Warren Burt Australia

Warren Burt attended the State University of New York, Albany and the University of California, San Diego before moving to Australia in 1975. In Australia he has worked in academia, education, and radio (freelance and commissioned productions for ABC and PBAA), and as a composer, film maker, video artist, and community arts organizer. ... more

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