Dicing with De'Ath
Recording 1 Daryl Runswick, piano x4 from the Overlays CD |
Recording 2 Nikos Veliotis, cello x4 |
Dicing with De'Ath is a 26-minute improvisation piece for 4 performers.
Each player improvises
freely for six exactly-specified periods of time and
is silent for the remainder. Daryl Runswick arrived at
the timings by
throwing a dice on Christmas Eve 1998. The resultant score contains solos,
duets, trios
and one section of 40 seconds where everyone plays at once.
There are also 3 periods of total 'silence'.
The performers have two
instructions only: 1) perform for the exact periods of time specified;
2) ignore the other performers.
Instruction 2) makes this a very good piece for a solo musician to multitrack.
You record each part
without listening to what you've already done.
Daryl Runswick did his version in this way, in four single
takes. Nikos
Veliotis recorded 24 short improvisations and put them in the right places
during post
production.
Daryl Runswick 26'12
Nikos Veliotis 26'01
This composition and both recordings are covered by copyright. |
Recorded at Livingstone Studios, East Barnet, London, 1971. Engineer unknown. Produced by Daryl Runswick.