Propaganda (2012)

for muted glockenspiel and soprano saxophone.

If you repeat something long enough, no matter how absurd or nonsensical, people will eventually believe it. Written for Brett William Dietz & Griffin Campbell.

TRAXLA – Nov 2012

Luke Traxler and I had been building a dubstep metal band for the last few years. Imagine seeing your favorite DJs actually performing intricate, hard-hitting original jams, rather than simply hitting PLAY on their laptops. Check out this improv with an eclectic collection of samples from Jaco to Björk.

MProp (2012)

If you hear something repeated long enough, you’ll eventually start to believe it – no matter how absurd.

Reunion – Stanley Leonard (2012)

Featuring Tempus Fugit Percussion Ensemble playing with Hamirüge, the Louisiana State University Percussion Group.

Trucks (2012)

The construction vehicles in Harlem emit this wild, bending pitch – especially in the wee hours of the morning. This was my rebuttal.

Alloy – Andy Akiho and Foundry in LA (2012)

The Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble plays Andy Akiho’s “Alloy” in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. We were in town for a performance with the LA Philharmonic as part of the Green Umbrella Series.

These Foolish Things (2012)

Excerpt from ‘Litany for the Whale’, a play by Matt Wilson
With the Sister Sylvester Theater Company
Kathryn Hamilton, Director

Little Drummer Boy (2011)

As part of Mantra Percussion’s Holiday album, “Mantratron Saves Christmas”, I rewrote my mom’s favorite holiday jingle with broken microphone cables and pennies taped to glockenspiel bars.

Hurt (2011)

Remix of a favorite track of mine, Hurt, by Nine Inch Nails. Featuring Erin Frith.

Employing Histrionics – Chemorocket (2011)

Includes a prerelease of my track, The Black Brave Ocean, for six pianos – performed by Chemorocket and futureCities (Brett William Dietz, Anne Rainwater & Jude Traxler).

RIM (BBO_Remix) – fC (2011)

A remix (and final installation) of my piece the Black Brave Ocean.

So I could not send answer (2011)

for two cellphones and computer.

Both performers use amplified cellphones to text poetry back-and-forth as a randomized audio track unfolds to overwhelming volumes. Written for Police Academy (Mike Perdue & Mariel Roberts).

When the Lights Change (2010)

duet for two keyboards and vocalists

Players react to randomized video projections with assigned stage tasks while performing music material based on Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit. Written for the Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble.

The Black Brave Ocean (SUITE)

Based on 21 chords, the Black Brave Ocean evolved into 5 installations – individual compositions that are, ostensibly, bad copies of bad copies, creating structural and tonal variations that eventually collapse into a series of theatrical games and concluding with no performers at all through audio playback.

In Motion – David Stock (2010)

Playing, recording and engineering great percussion music by David Stock, featuring Brett William Dietz and the LSU percussion group, Hamirüge.

Remember & Crossings (EP) Studio Sessions

Stuart and I met in June of 2007. After many years of discussing the lack of finesse and musicality in “electronic” music, we collaborated on a structure of graphic notations and electron manipulations. The result – a romp of improvisatory drumming and an iPod on shuffle. Check out the overhead cam from the studio recording with Dustin Cicero at Manhattan School of Music in 2010.

Remember & Crossings (EP) – SSS (2010)

from Clarity (2010)

for keyboard quartet.

A keyboard solo overdubbed 4 times. Excerpts from my percussion quintet, Clarity (2006).

Moon River (2009)

For my wife, Katie, at Christmas. Featuring Kjersti Kveli.

Drift (2009)

for drumset and any amplified instrument.

Meant to be a lead sheet for a metal band – like a jazz fakebook on pills. Written for futureCities (Anne Rainwater & Jude Traxler).