David Manson — electroacoustic works for trombone
Released December 22, 2003
isospin labs
Audio CD in jewel case
Produced by David Manson
Beast is an album of electroacoustic music for trombone performed by David Manson. Its five works place the instrument in a series of contrasting relationships with prerecorded sound, improvisation and interactive electronic processes.
TRACKS
- Mambo Vinko — Javier Álvarez
- All Clear Now — David Manson and Davey Williams
- Confessions of a Virtue Addict — Eric Lyon
- Re: David — Gustavo Matamoros
- Freund — David Manson
Personnel
David Manson — trombone, radung and electronics
Davey Williams — guitar on All Clear Now
RE: DAVID
The album includes Re: David, a gated sound portrait I composed for David Manson in 1995. His trombone opens and closes two independently gated channels of a prerecorded noise melody, allowing the revealed sounds to become part of his improvisation.
The recording published on Beast was created as one continuous studio performance, with the trombone, stereo gates and prerecorded material captured and mixed together in real time.
Read about Re: David
LISTEN
Excerpt from Re: David
David Manson — trombone
Gustavo Matamoros — composition and prerecorded sound
Excerpt: 2′20″
Complete work: 6′30″
SELECTED REVIEWS
“Manson’s adroit and inspiring performance is combined with fascinating and stimulating compositions.” — Kevin Chiarizzio, International Trombone Association Journal, July 2007
“As for the trombone, David Manson’s work is clear proof that there’s life in that beast yet.” — Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic Magazine, April 2004
“A bestiary of intriguing and kaleidoscopic sound collages.” — Marino Guida, Tangents