E (and sometimes why)

by Al Margolis

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1.	Gilmore's Girls 08:54	info	buy track
2.	E (and sometimes why) 14:58	info	buy track
3.	The Tempest, Fuggit 20:12	info	buy track
4.	Cicada 4AA 08:07	info	buy track
5.	All for Alf(run) 14:35	info	buy track
6.	Ringing (Ano)the(r) Bell 15:26	info	buy track
7.	Diapason, maybe 25:55	info	buy track

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Gilmore's Girls, Ringing (Ano)the(r) Bell, and Diapason, maybe were specifically written for Trio Scordatura. Cicada 4AA was the first piece of If, Bwana's they played (though not written for them in particular). E (and sometimes why) and All for Alf(run) were both composed after the initial recordings and used materials from those sessions. The Tempest, Fuggit, used some of Trio Scordatura's sounds and combined them with an absolutely awesome, over-the-top performance/reading of a section of Shakespeare's The Tempest by Michael Peters (of Poemrocket).

trio scordatura were an Amsterdam-based ensemble that specialized in vocal and instrumental music involving microtonal tunings and spanning a broad range of musical styles. The basic sound-world of female voice, viola and keyboard is expanded by other sonorities depending on musical context. Their concerts featured "classics" from the worlds of microtonal and spectral music, together with new commissions from a wide range of contemporary composers and sound artists.

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released May 1, 2012

All works composed/constructed/assembled by Al Margolis (If, Bwana)

Trio Scordatura:
Elisabeth Smalt, viola d'amore
Alfrun Schmid, voice
Bob Gilmore, keyboard/laptop

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Al Margolis New York, New York

Al Margolis was one of the prime movers in the cassette underground scene of the 1980s (between 1984 and 1991 his Sound Of Pig label released over 300 cassettes of music by the likes of Merzbow, Costes, Amy Denio, John Hudak and Jim O'Rourke) and is the éminence grise behind over 30 years of music under the name If, Bwana. He is the man behind the Pogus label. ... more

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