Xerrox Radieuse

May 27, 2015

Brett’s Sound Picks: Alva Noto’s “Xerrox”

Two pieces from Alva Noto’s Xerrox that I like: The first piece, “Xerrox 2ndevol”, has three layers at work: a soundscape of buzzing, a drone-chord that oscillates between a root note and its relative up a fifth, and a bubble lead tone that bounces among a few pitches, creating suspense. The second piece, “Xerrox Radieuse”, Continue reading

Brett’s Sound Picks

Alva Noto, Xerrox Radieuse

Thomas Brett is a musician and writer who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from New York University. He is the author of Principles of Electronic Music Production and The Creative Electronic Music Producer, a book described by Sound On Sound magazine as “a deep philosophical analysis of the various creative inspirations, ideas and processes involved in producing electronic music.” His essays have appeared in the journals Popular Music and Popular Music and Society, as well as edited collections by Routledge, Oxford, and Cambridge University presses. Thomas has played percussion on Broadway since 1997 and writes about music at brettworks.com.

Xerrox Radieuse

Brett’s Sound Picks: Alva Noto’s “Xerrox”