Wakes on Cerulean

by Kassel Jaeger & Jim O'Rourke

Wakes on Cerulean cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 March 2017
  • Label: Editions Mego
  • Country: France
  • Length: 57:51
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This monumental electroacoustic collaboration bridges the generational gap between two highly respected experimental music figures based in Paris and Tokyo respectively. The tracking involves a complex exchange of audio material across continents, meticulously layering Jaeger's musique concrète field recordings and synthesizer patches with O'Rourke's processed guitar and electronic drone contributions. The album unfolds as two sprawling, 20-minute masterclasses in subtle, textural avant-garde sound design.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, atmospheric, instrumental, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Danse Russe. Allegro Giusto (2:30)
  2. Chez Pétrouchka (4:16)
  3. La Semaine Grasse. Con Moto — Allegretto — Tempo Giusto — Agitato (8:37)
  4. Sonata In E Major K. 380: Andante Comodo (5:21)
  5. Book I: Thema. Non Troppo Presto (0:27)
  6. Book I: Variation 1 (0:24)
  7. Book I: Variation 2 (0:25)
  8. Book I: Variation 3 (0:26)
  9. Book I: Variation 4 (1:00)
  10. Book I: Variation 5 (0:46)
  11. Book I: Variation 6 (0:27)
  12. Book I: Variation 7 (0:28)
  13. Book I: Variation 8 (0:29)
  14. Book I: Variation 9 (1:00)
  15. Book I: Variation 10 (1:23)
  16. Book I: Variation 11 (1:17)
  17. Book I: Variation 12 (1:12)
  18. Book II: Variation 1 (0:43)
  19. Book II: Variation 2 (0:36)
  20. Book II: Variation 5 (0:24)
  21. Book II: Variation 6 (0:21)
  22. Book II: Variation 7 (0:19)
  23. Book II: Variation 8 (0:29)
  24. Book II: Variation 10 (0:41)
  25. Book II: Variation 11 (0:25)
  26. Book II: Variation 12 (1:10)
  27. Book II: Variation 13 (0:56)
  28. Book II: Variation 3 (0:30)
  29. Book II: Variation 4 (0:54)
  30. Book I: Variation 13 (0:32)
  31. Book I: Variation 14 (1:58)
  32. Sonata In F Minor/C Major K. 466: Andante Moderato (5:36)
  33. La Valse (11:49)

Credits

  • Yuja Wang - primary artist, piano
  • Igor Stravinsky - primary artist, composed by, transcription by [transcribed for piano solo by]
  • Domenico Scarlatti - primary artist, composed by
  • Johannes Brahms - primary artist, composed by
  • Maurice Ravel - primary artist, composed by, transcription by [transcribed for piano solo by]
  • Jens Schünemeyer - booklet editor

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