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Artist:
MURRAY, BRENDAN
Title:
Commonwealth
Label:
23FIVE
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.00
Catalog #:
23FIVE 013CD
"In recent years, Brendan Murray has become a central figure in Boston's sound art vanguard through a reputation of exceptional live performances and a growing catalogue of slow-shifting compositions for rarified drones. He sets himself apart from the conventional wisdom that drone-based music is an open-ended exercise into the 'realm of the infinite.' Murray specifically shapes his repetitions and sinewy tonalities within the rigors of compositional frameworks and temporal restraints. This process does not lend itself to speed, as previous albums required up to four years to complete and
Commonwealth
endured over fifteen drafts before Murray perfected the album. A single crescendo terminating at the end of 49 minutes,
Commonwealth
is an epic investigation into subtle harmonics and overtones expressed through layered slippages of pure sound. Conceived through guitar, analog synthesis, and plenty of digital manipulation,
Commonwealth
expresses a rare confidence in Murray's finely tuned detailing of sinewy tonalities and sculpted megalithic surfaces. Murray himself has qualified this album as a 'sincere bow to 'classic' minimalism,' and
Commonwealth
is a worthy parallel to the work of Phill Niblock, Eliane Radigue, and Iannis Xenakis."
Artist:
MURRAY, BRENDAN
Title:
Wonders Never Cease
Label:
INTRANSITIVE
Format:
CD
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
INT 027CD
"Four years in the making, the music of Brendan Murray's latest/greatest album of cinematic drone anthems,
Wonders Never Cease
, was honed during live concerts around New York and New England. Recorded in situ, each track was painstakingly (re)assembled and embellished back at Murray's studio. While it cannot accurately be called a 'live album,' the adrenaline thrill of live performance is palpable as soon as the opening howl charges out from the speakers. From the laminal scorch of the opening track, through an electric fizz storm and a breathy hymn for what sounds like harmonica and folding chairs (?), the eyes-wide-open bliss of
Wonders
is exhilarating. Soulful, melodic and intimate, this is electro-acoustic music as gloriously life-affirming and natural as a sunrise."
Artist:
MURRAY, BRENDAN
Title:
Resting Places
Label:
SEDIMENTAL
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
SED 039CD
"Keeping his head down and focused for the past five years Brendan has emerged as a first rate master of analog electronics. Though still a a bit of a newbie on the world stage there are few in the States that match his intensity. Spacious and dense, this work sends one way out into cold space only to slyly bring one into the head-crushing pressure of diving way too deep. Reference a maximalist Lopez."
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