Artist description AvantGarde Post Modern Electronic

Music Style AvantGarde Post Modern Electronic

Musical Influences Glass, Reich, Bartok, Miles, Monk, Coleman

Similar Artists Steve Riech, John Adams, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Mark Isham, Miles Davis, John Cage, Eno, Robert Fripp, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Enigma, Moby, Tangerine Dream

Group Members Earnest Woodall / Composer

Instruments Keyboards, Guitar, French Horn, Vibes, Bass

Albums 13 by Earnest Woodall

Press Reviews Woodall presents a fascinating and promising, cd-released composition entirely of his own creation and production. Subtle, light classical themes are interrupted with sampled speech and bizarre sounds. Well constructed and intriguing, repeated listening offers some surprises. Just as you think his Legerdemain has grown perceptible and obvious, out comes a new direction. Woodall is definitely a composer and producer to watch out for. -- Tom Schulte, All Music Guide --------------------- Unusual Characteristics by Earnest Woodall "Unusual Characteristics" is a single piece of instrumental music stretching over 48 minutes and just as many moods. Working, as he does, in the modern classical idiom, it comes as no surprise to learn that, in addition to ten independent releases, a large proportion of Earnests output has been in the area of film scoring. Including, to our amusement, a 1992 computer animation entitled "Zeitgeist"! Although this is a largely electronic piece, it has a warm, human feel which often escapes those utilising modern technology. Incorporating elements of modern jazz, there's the odd trace Of Arkestral influences shining through. Never less than interesting, often intriguing, this is a diverse and fascinating recording, and, yup, you've guessed it, winner of the much coveted Zeitgeist Record Of The Issue. Reviewed by http://www.zeitgeist-scot.com ----------------------------- A collage of environmental backgrounds and foregrounds, mixing and submerging, with musical vignettes and compositionalsnippets, of varied orchestrations of synthesizer produced chamber instruments and outdoor sounds. The experience is like akaleidoscope of musical styles, colors, and statements juxtaposed with the everyday sounds of life, and stream of consciousness.One continuous parade, it has not the hysteria and tenseness of "channel flipping", but an every ongoing wash of changing lifeforms, all-inclusive. It's what you might experience in a lifetime, but yet coming from a system built around the 12 tone musicchromatics and through-composed, as the brain perceives life, leaving the improvisation to the listener's imaginativewanderings... Reviewed by - LaDonna Smith www.the-improvisor.com

Location Northport, NY - USA

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