OVERTONE ENSEMBLE
OVERTONE ENSEMBLE
Label | IMPORTANT |
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Catalog | IMPREC441 |
Format | CD |
Discs | 1 |
Category | R&B/HIP HOP/CLUB |
Street Date | 2016-07-15 |
- Tim Catlin formed the Overtone Ensemble in 2012 in order to perform works using his self-made Vibrissa instruments. Each instrument consists of twelve vertically mounted aluminium rods that are longitudinally stroked by hand to produce ethereal singing tones. The long sustaining nature of the rods sound and microtonal tunings allow players a sonic palette of complex textures and harmonic complexity. Other instruments include massed hand-bells quarter-tone bells e-bowed acoustic guitars re-tuned glockenspiels and wineglasses. The ensemble’s compositions utilise acoustic phenomena arising from microtonal tuning such as phasing combination tones and sympathetic vibrations as well the effects of room resonance. All sounds are acoustic in origin without effects or sound processing. The results are works of shimmering intensity and pulsating beauty.
- 1. Adumbration
2. Scintillation
3. Oscillation
4. Accretion