Petals...

by Harry Partch & Gate 5 Ensemble

Petals... cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Gate 5
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:28
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Jackson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Avant-garde composer Harry Partch, famous for constructing his own custom instruments, realized his 43-tone scale concepts on the groundbreaking 'Petals...'. Recorded with the Gate 5 Ensemble, the album features highly complex polyrhythms and peculiar, percussive tonal clusters that deliberately subvert Western harmonic traditions. It remains an essential document of 20th-century American experimentalism and microtonal innovation.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, instrumental, microtonal, acoustic, percussive, experimental, avant-garde, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Off The Wall (4:05)
  2. She's Out Of My Life (3:35)
  3. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (6:04)
  4. Rock With You (Masters At Work Remix) (5:30)
  5. Thriller (5:58)
  6. Billie Jean (4:57)
  7. Beat It (Moby's Sub Mix) (6:12)
  8. Bad (4:07)
  9. Man In The Mirror (5:18)
  10. Smooth Criminal ("Annie" Mix) (5:36)
  11. Dangerous (6:58)
  12. Who Is It (4:09)
  13. Black Or White (The Clivilles & Cole Radio Mix) (3:34)
  14. Come Together (5:25)

Credits

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