for Fixed Media
Composer: James Mobberley
Year of Composition: 1978
Instrumentation: Fixed Media
Type of Electronics: Fixed
Number of Channels: 2
Duration: 8 minutes
Video Component: None
Earth Tones was the first significant piece of electroacoustic music I wrote in graduate school (1978), and was created using a 4-track recorder, a Moog Mark IV, an Arp 2600 with sequencer and an EchoPlex (analog echo). It’s now become an homage to the wonderful synth sounds of the 1970s and to the meeting point between contemporary concert music and progressive rock — a place I’ve been exploring and mining now for decades. Thanks for the memories.
Composer contact: [email protected]
Website (scores, recordings and info): http://jamesmobberleymusic.com