{"product_id":"duane-pitre-omniscient-voices","title":"Duane Pitre - Omniscient Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuane Pitre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e returns to Imprec with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOmniscient Voices\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a set of five pieces for piano tuned in just intonation and electronics. It follows a trilogy that began with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2012), continued with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBridges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2013) and concluded with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBayou Electric\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2015). The shorter pieces on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOmniscient Voices\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e give Pitre room to explore a wider range of harmonies across the album.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe project began with a question in 2019: how would a piano tuned in just intonation interact with Pitre’s latest electronic experiments? At the time, he was studying the tonal clusters in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorton Feldman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s scores, reading about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArvo Pärt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and reflecting on the pulsing rhythms of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhilip Glass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In 2020, he put the idea to the test, and five pieces grew out of those sessions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePitre gives piano and electronics equal weight. His Max\/MSP system converts written piano motifs into data in real time, triggering two polyphonic microtonal synthesisers programmed by Pitre himself. He alternates between composed passages and controlled improvisation, responding to the sounds the synthesisers generate from his playing. The result is a musical feedback loop in which piano and electronics continually shape each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"'... a complete, immersive work, a blissful pulsing conversation between the organic and the electronic...\" * * * * * Mojo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Omniscient Voices,' a staggeringly beautiful set of just-intonation pieces by Duane Pitre for piano and electronics.\" Steve Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IMPORTANT","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":60422735790425,"sku":"SDZ-56407","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/a3576994264_10.jpg?v=1794223869","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/duane-pitre-omniscient-voices","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}