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Bram Weijters/Chad McCullough: Pendulum
ByThe previous Weijers/McCullough recordings can be thought of as co-leader affairs. Pendulum puts Weitjers in the driver's seat, with a twenty-five movement suite:
"Twelve hours on a clock, and the hour hand circles twice. Twelve tonal centers in music give us 24 harmonic centers (major and minor). Bram Weijters has worked this into a suite which draws inspiration from complex clockwork and the organizational concepts of J.S. Bach..."
That sounds like a project of weighty complexity. But in the listeningas with the experience of encountering the works of Bachthat complexity can be set aside for an immersion in the beauty, serenity and simple allure of the sounds. As with Bach's the Well Tempered Klavier and the The Goldberg Variations, Pendulum creates a sense of the didactic, of a divinity of mathematical precision to these sounds of classically-influenced composition melded with modern improvisation.
This twenty-five movement suite is a trumpet/keyboard journey built on subtle variations, a patient roll through the harmonic centers. It is a soothing, alluringly edifying and gorgeous listening experience.
Track Listing
Opening; A Different Light; Raindrop; The Same Prelude; The Same Melody; Still Dark; Suspended Weight; Crackle; Spiral (part one); Escapement; The Same But Different; Ratchet Wheel; Different Prelude; The Same Path; Which Way; The Same Waltz (part one); Crystals; At Ease; The Same Twelve Notes; Spiral (part two); The Same Waltz (part two; )Different But the Same; Pondering; A Different Night; Closing.
Personnel
Bram Weijters/Chad McCullough
band / ensemble / orchestraBram Weijters: grand piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Moog; Chad McCullough: trumpet.
Album information
Title: Pendulum | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
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