Fog Tropes; Gradual Requiem

by Ingram Marshall

Fog Tropes; Gradual Requiem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 March 1984
  • Label: New Albion
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:54
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This critically acclaimed set showcases Marshall's pioneering use of delay systems and electroacoustic tape techniques applied to acoustic instrumentation and field recordings. The A-side features a haunting composition utilizing the sounds of San Francisco Bay foghorns intertwined with a brass sextet. It remains a hallmark of post-minimalist composition, deeply evoking feelings of geographical isolation and melancholic vastness.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, electronic, ambient, minimal, lo-fi, orchestral, choral, long-form, droning

Tracklist

  1. Fog Tropes (9:56)
  2. Gradual Requiem: Part 1 (6:13)
  3. Gradual Requiem: Part 2 (7:22)
  4. Gradual Requiem: Part 3 (9:05)
  5. Gradual Requiem: Part 4 (7:44)
  6. Gradual Requiem: Part 5 (3:26)
  7. Gambuh I (18:05)

Credits

  • Ingram Marshall - primary artist, voice, piano, electronics [serge modular]
  • Brian McCarty - french horn
  • William Klingelhoffer - french horn
  • Foster Reed - mandolin
  • Don Kennelly - trombone
  • Marc Kenley - trombone
  • Jim Miller - trumpet
  • Tim Wilson - trumpet

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