for
saxophone quartet, electric guitar, and live electronics
Ice Cream Time is
a new musical performance that explores, bends, then
shatters musical boundaries.Commissioned
by the world-renowned ARTE Saxophone Quartet, Ice Cream Time was
composed by Nick Didkovsky, best
known for his work with Doctor Nerve, Fred Frith
Guitar Quartet, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Bang On
A Can.
Ice Cream Time features
electronics virtuoso/maverick Thomas Dimuzio,
who processes the sound of the ensemble in real-time using unorthodox techniques
he developed on the Kurzweil KS2600 sampler.Also
in the mix, custom software programmed by Didkovsky
using his own computer music language JMSL, which radically transforms
the sound of his live electric guitar.The
virtuosity of the ARTE Quartett is given
plenty of space with a complex, high energy, and deep listening compositions
that extend the possibilities of the ensemble.
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Nick Didkovsky
and Thomas Dimuzio
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Ice Cream Time runs
through extremes of rock energy, complex rhythms, intricate counterpoint,
explosive improvisation, and highly detailed sonics,
drawing the audience deeper and deeper into a uniquely conceived world
of sound.
Ice Cream Time premiered
at the Theater Palazzo in
Recent performance at Ultraschall Festival Berlin.
Radio broadcasts:
Date: March 11, 2004
Time: 00:05
Stations:
DeutschlandRadio Berlin
DeutschlandRadio Werkstatt
Date: May 5, 2004
Time: 21:05
Stations:
KulturRadio
Musik der Gegenwart
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Personnel
(left to right): Nick Didkovsky
– electric guitar, laptop Sascha Armbruster
– alto sax, baritone sax Beat Kappeler–
baritone sax Andrea Formenti
– tenor sax Thomas Dimuzio
– live sampling Beat Hofstetter
– soprano sax, baritone sax |
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Ice Cream Time was composed by Nick Didkovsky, and distributed to the
ensemble over the www. Didkovsky used JMSL Score to deliver performable
scores, provided PDF files of the scores and parts, and mp3 files of computer
performances. Visit the Rehearsal Page
Contact:
NickDidkovsky,
Tel/fax
212 369-1733
Email:
didkovn@mail.rockefeller.edu
http://www.punosmusic.com/pages/icecreamtime
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