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The program for NEXT TONE calculates and plays a series of variations on 3 harmonic phrases. As each phrase appears, a performer may select embellishments or changes in articulation of the phrase. All embellishments and articulations occur at whole number subdivisions of chord durations. Chord durations, in turn, are based on simple subdivisions of the phrase length (3, 4, 5, 6), with the addition or subtraction of small offsets in the upper parts. The chords are tuned in 31 tone equal temperament. The resulting harmonic fabric unfolds with just a touch of forward momentum. Broad harmonic changes occur through shifting patterns of intermediate changes. This elaboration of the moment of change tends to diffuse the location of a musical present and induces a kind of global experience of time.

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from ARTIFICIAL HORIZON (ART 1003, 1989), released October 15, 1989
Composer: John Bischoff
Performer: John Bischoff
Recorded at Mills College Concert Hall 4/14/89

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ARTIFACT RECORDINGS is a project of Ubu, Incorporated, an artist-run, non-profit organization supporting experimental and electronic music based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our download and compact disk series is dedicated to representing a living experimental music tradition that continues to thrive in the cracks between the commercial, academic and classical music establishments. ... more

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