SOUR MASH
marina rosenfeld
george
lewis
innova
228
1. End Self Or: 11:54
2. Send Elf Or: 3:34
3. Ego Grew Lies: 11:54
4. We Gig Or Else: 3:34
5. Wordless Feline: 11:54
6. Linseed Flowers: 3:34
Sour Mash was composed during a collaborative residency sponsored by Harvestworks, Inc. The work is being released on vinyl and
on compact disc, offering two different-but-related experiences. Both versions offer listening and performative possibilities. Each side of the vinyl disc
functions as a standalone composition by one of the artists. With two copies of
the vinyl, a third collaborative composition emerges; start points on both
sides of the record are provided to facilitate this. The two vinyl sides can
also be understood as an open-ended composition, or palette, for further
creative recombination by one or multiple performers. The compact disc version offers both artistsŐ sides, as well
as a synchronized mix of the two. Of course, one could deploy the compact disc
version in performative ways as well. The composers
anticipate just such an outcome.
Created, mixed and
mastered at Harvestworks, Inc.,
between November 2008 and February 2009.
Paul Geluso, engineer.
Cover design: Marina Rosenfeld
Produced in part
through the Artist in Residence Program of Harvestworks
Digital Media Arts Center, 596 Broadway Suite 602, New
York, NY 10012.
Harvestworks, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1977 to
foster the creation of experimental works by artists who use electronic
media. TELLUS Media is a program
of Harvestworks. TELLUS Media VL is a special series featuring young
electronic music composers who have been selected for our Residency Program at Harvestworks.
Photo of Marina
Rosenfeld by Stefano Giovannini
Photo of George Lewis
by Cheryl L. Lewis
Special
thanks to Carol Parkinson, Hans Tammen, and Dan
Joseph at Harvestworks, Inc., and Philip Blackburn at
Innova Recordings.
Supported in part by
a grant from the New York State Music Fund,
established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors.
innova is
supported by an endowment from the McKnight Foundation.
Philip Blackburn:
director
Chris Campbell:
operations manager
www.innova.mu