{"id":8054,"date":"2016-01-19T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T12:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8054"},"modified":"2017-01-02T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T09:36:27","slug":"gamelan-descending-a-staircase-reviewed-by-whisperin-and-hollerin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8054","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gamelan Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Whisperin And Hollerin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cronica100-2015_520.jpg\" alt=\"Gamelan Descending a Staircase\" width=\"520\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7855\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cronica100-2015_520.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/cronica100-2015_520-260x235.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt seems appropriate that Cronica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 100th release should be something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as unique and as arty (for wont of a better word) as Arturas Bum\u00c5\u00a1teinas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGamelan Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Its title is a reference to Marcel Duchamp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1912 classic modernist painting \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNude Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, while its composition and formulation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a development of a surround-sound performance \/ sonic exhibition using a large collection of Indonesian Gamelan orchestra instruments (which resemble lidded cooking pots) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c corresponds with the avant-garde associations forever tied to Duchamp.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an intriguing work. The album consists of a single track with a running time of some fifty minutes (the download includes an additional track in the form of the 12-minute \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSad Young Man on a Train\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, but lacks the magnificent gatefold cover of the CD release).<\/p>\n<p>Chanking chimes clatter and clang, rhythms fleetingly conglomerate and disperse. Moments of charming musicality flicker and fade into discordance, and the track gradually shifts in tone and texture. Incidental sounds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c drones, hums, clattering percussion and crashing gongs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c add dimensionality to the sound as it transitions to a blunt metallic clang by the 40-minute mark, the soft tones having shifted toward abrasion. The piece finally resolves with a diminishment, and finally, slowly, a dissipation, and, ultimately, silence. <em>Christopher Nosnibor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whisperinandhollerin.com\/reviews\/review.asp?id=12706\">Whisperin And Hollerin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1930069941\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/album\/gamelan-descending-a-staircase\">Gamelan Descending a Staircase by Arturas Bum\u00c5\u00a1teinas<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems appropriate that Cronica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 100th release should be something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as unique and as arty (for wont of a better word) as Arturas Bum\u00c5\u00a1teinas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGamelan Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Its title is a reference to Marcel Duchamp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1912 classic modernist painting \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNude Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, while its composition and formulation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a development of a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=8054\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gamelan Descending a Staircase\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Whisperin And Hollerin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[354,117],"class_list":["post-8054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-354","tag-arturas-bumsteinas","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8055,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8054\/revisions\/8055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}