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Kraig Grady - Akashic Torus

from Between the Keys by Ensemble Offspring

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The title Akashic Torus refers first to the Akashic records, that library found in the ether that contains all knowledge. The Torus is a donut shaped structure that somehow is a common representational mapping in our mind of many multi-dimensional patterns. Along with the intonation employed we have a looking back but not to some ‘Golden Age’ that never was, but as a door to view what have been discarded as musical possibilities or even what have been spoiled. The piece centers solely on pentatonics, an interest resurrected by my contact with Lou Harrison, who I envision as the present caretaker of pentatonic scales in the previously mentioned library. It is not unlike the room he had in his house of similar purpose. Of much interest also is in the effect of long meters as a resistance to the short time thinking we all are subject to. Although the meter of this piece contracts or expands it remains centered on a meter of 101 beats, making each bar about 55.5 seconds long. The striking of a meru bar most often marks this meter, but not always so I advise not counting. The piece has only 11 bars to show, yet it makes the piece exactly 1111 beats long. (KG)

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from Between the Keys, released January 1, 2013

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Ensemble Offspring are Australia’s leading new music group. Uniting the country’s most fearless instrumentalists under the leadership of internationally acclaimed percussionist Claire Edwardes, they subvert classical music traditions and deliver concerts that "burst with imagination, energy and inspiration” (Seesaw Magazine). ... more

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