Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery
by Annie Gosfield
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 September 2001
- Label: Tzadik
- Country: United States
- Length: 57:01
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Utilizing field recordings taken from active factories in Germany, the acclaimed composer weaves raw industrial noise into fascinating modern classical compositions. The resulting work is a harsh, rhythmically complex tribute to mechanical energy, blending brutal metallic percussion with avant-garde keyboard techniques.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, sampling, dissonant, noisy, experimental, orchestral, avant-garde, conceptual
Tracklist
- Rotation - The Rails To F眉rth - From Lever To Wheel: Revolution, Translation, Cylinders - The Unaflow Principle - Friction
- Puncher - The Product Of Force And Motion - Pipes: Transmisson Of A Yellow Pipe, Mechanical Firing Of A Yellow Pipe
- Impulse Turbine: Inlet, Exaust - Combustion Chamber
- Flying Sparks And Heavy Machinery
Credits
- Jim Pugliese - drums, percussion
- Sim Cain - drums, percussion
- Ikue Mori - electronics
- FLUX Quartet - ensemble
- Talujon Percussion Quartet - ensemble
- Hans-G眉nter Brodmann - percussion [metal factory percussion]
- Matthias Rosenbauer - percussion [metal factory percussion]
- Darrett Adkins - cello
- Annie Gosfield - Primary Artist, Composed By, Producer, Sampler [Sampling Keyboard]
- Roger Kleier - Composed By, Electric Guitar, Producer
- Dominic Donato - Percussion
- Michael Lipsey - Percussion
- Tom Kolor - Percussion
- Kenji Bunch - Viola
- Cornelius Dufallo - Violin
- Tom Chiu - Violin