Commissioned as an exhibition soundtrack for the Paul Auster Project, University Iuav, Venice, 2017.
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“To be inside that music, to be drawn into the circle of its repetitions: perhaps that is a place where one could finally disappear.”
—Paul Auster, City of Glass
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Subtly subversive and evocative. Dreams within dreams. A flurry of images, like polaroids scattered on a city sidewalk, "It was as though he had melted into the walls of the city" is a winding path of transient moments exploring the urban structures, urban space, personal memory and mystery inspired by Paul Auster’s classic avant-pop novella, “City of Glass” (1985). The music unfolds across a wide spectrum of textures: piano, found sounds, marimba, harmonica, voices, guitar and electronic effects.
released October 7, 2017
Joe Frawley: piano, prepared piano, MIDI keyboard, marimba, harmonica, field recordings, found sounds, electronic manipulation and arrangement.
With:
Greg Conte: electric guitar, prepared electric guitar, amplified bass kalimba, electronic effects.
Michelle Cross: vocal on 'Identity Rift'.
Field recordings by Joe Frawley, with the following exceptions.
These sounds courtesy of freesounds.org:
156869__multimax2121__police-siren
100883__stomp224__lakefountain
135098__mzui__side-street-city-distant-construction-traffic-voices
235188__magnesium1__gently-splashing-water
242406__zabuhailo__pigeons-coo
274494__konakaboom__tranquil-scene-at-market-bosworth-station
333318__womb-affliction__female-vocal
376459__mystikuum__stepping-on-glass
194697__kingsrow__walkingconcreteandglass01
194697__kingsrow__walkingconcreteandglass01
376459__mystikuum__stepping-on-glass
350727__alienxxx__dry-leaves-and-parasol-creaks-02-and-child-speak
18527__corsica-s__garbage-truck
237329__fyono__night-city-atmosphere
262274__ramston__abide-with-me-opera-vocals
361463__organicmanpl__gong
1933__rhumphries__rbh-nyc-subway-pass
77366__cornodrig__subway-departure-from-station
238303__8ahpu__nyc-subway-train-approach-doors-announce-depart
354128__sean-sd2007__subwayarriving
Also: The Parable of the Tower of Babel-The Parable of the Tower of Babel from “New Church Audio”
Special thank you to Agostino De Rosa.
2017 JFM-CD18
www.joefrawleymusic.info