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excerpt from the LA Times:
By Josef Woodard, Special to The Times The normally underground world of microtonal music goes
public for the next month courtesy of the annual MicroFest, launched Sunday
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The
Death Adder
Rod "THE DEATH ADDER" is constructed with considerably more complex ratios involving the prime numbers eleven & seven. When you utilize fractions based on these primes you find yourself playing pitches which are virtually as far removed from the twelve tones of equal division as you can get. Although the rippling and shimmering arpeggios remind one of
the Well Tuned Piano, Another welcome addition to the ever expanding library of interesting just intonation recordings. Where's the next one Rod? How about a seven hour Well Tuned Guitar? David Beardsley |
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December 1996
David Beardsley |
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Mind's Microtonal Just Intonation guitarist Rod
Poole has released some amazing recordings, but they have been out of print
for a while. By starting his Justguitar label the situation has now changed
for the better. For this first release on his new label,
Rod plays his refretted Martin acoustic guitar and is joined by the singing
of Sasha Bogdanowitsch. Nine improvisations become instant compositions -
fleet finger picked arpeggios juxtaposed with contemplative droning sections
and wordless syllables - some tracks have bowed or prepared guitar. This one
blows me away - I'm looking forward to the archives and previous releases
getting released on this label. I'll never forget the times I've heard these
guys perform including Rod's performance at the old location of DMG on |
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