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SNOW PALMS
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Intervals
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LP
LABEL
VILLAGE GREEN
CATALOG #
VILLAGE 010LP
VILLAGE 010LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/5/2013
180 gram vinyl version.
Snow Palms
was initially conceived by composer
David Sheppard
(
State River Widening
,
Ellis Island Sound
,
Phelan/Sheppard
, etc) as a vehicle for instrumental pieces based around xylophones, glockenspiels, vibraphones, metallophones and other mallet instruments. Having set about more than two dozen such essays inspired by everything from
Moondog
's
Elpmas
marimba études to
Arthur Lyman
's faux-Polynesian exotica and
Carl Orff
's
Schulwerk
children's music, Sheppard hooked up with producer/arranger
Chris Leary
(
Ochre
) to sort the wheat from the chaff, adding layers of chamber orchestration and discrete electronic textures to many of the intricate, polyrhythmic superstructures. The duo then expanded the arrangements to embrace woodwinds, a string quartet, classical and electric guitar, harmonium, reed organ, prepared piano, omnichord and synths. The result is a mellifluous, chiming sound-world, ineffably marrying liquid gamelan soundscapes with English orchestral pastoralism,
Krzysztof Komeda
-esque soundtrack mystery, beguiling,
Yann Tiersen
-like themes and playful woodwind/strings/percussion face-offs infused with the spirit of Moondog.
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