Dark, True Center (2016)
Dark, True Center (2016) – Solo Percussion & Live Electronics
Published by Kreating SounD
Duration is variable: 10:34
Instrumentation
Amplified Manhassett Music Stand, Kalimba, Bass Bow, Superball Mallet & Live Electronics (Ableton Live)
Notes
Dark, True Center (2016) The work is notated with a combination of text, graphic, and traditional notation. The music stand is amplified via two clip-on contact microphones/pickups and Ableton Live is used for the live looping and processing (mostly reverb). The music stand is a rich resource for a gamut of unique timbres and pitches, which are here amplified to uncanny proportions. The kalimba is amplified and filtered by placing it on the music stand while it is played; additionally, touching the kalimba to one of the contact microphones produces a distortion as the repetition increases. As in my other works, herein, the juxtaposition of “noise” and “the sublime” hopefully leads one to confuse which is which, a place where memory and the moment also become indistinguishable from one another and one becomes truly centered in and by the sound.
Recordings
small axe https://roncoulter.bandcamp.com/album/small-axe-2
Performances
Betty’s (Nashville, TN), November 16, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Volunteer State College (Gallatin, TN), November 15, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH), November 13, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), November 9, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
SPLICE Festival II, Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH), November 8, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Blo Back Gallery (Pueblo, CO), September 15, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Kickstand Kafé (Flagstaff, AZ), September 14, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), September 14, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ), September 13, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
VU Symposium on Experimental, Electronic, and Improvised Music, Jim Santy Auditorium, Park City Library (Park City, UT), July 1, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), November 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), October 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Studio Dada (Provo, UT), October 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Southern Utah University (Cedar City, UT), October 26, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Diabolical Records (Salt Lake City, UT), July 7, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), January 31, 2016 (World Premiere), Performer: Ron Coulter