Jonathan Zorn

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The Desert Hour by Jonathan Zorn, released 02 April 2018 1. numbering number 2. the test of desert desire 3. coyote-the formation of the problem 4. fabulous defeats 5. the evening hour 6. thousands of camels in the sky The Desert Hour is a collection of compositions that reimagines Deleuze and Guattari's "Nomadology" as the basis for an idiosyncratic theory of music.

And Perforation by Jonathan Zorn, released 16 March 2014 1. Obvious Difference Scary 2. The Bizarre 3. And Perforation For these pieces Sigmund Freud's essay "The Uncanny" is rewritten using Google Translate and MS Word 's Auto Summarize function. Logically, the resulting texts are sung through a vocoder.

New Works for Trio and Live Electronics by Jonathan Zorn Trio, released 27 February 2014 1. Shoot the Ducks 2. I'm Familiar with Modal Noodling 3. Rattlesnakes After 5 4. Wooden Horse This set of pieces relates to a long-standing interest in composing live electro-acoustic music that blurs distinctions between composition and improvisation, acoustic and electronic sound, and control and random events.

Language as Dust by Jonathan Zorn, released 16 March 2014 1. Meditation on Sound and Meaning 2. Meditation on Pattern and Noise 3. Meditation on Presence and Absence Language as Dust is an essayistic sound poem exploring the consequences of electronic mediation within spoken and written language.

 

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Jack Anger Presents: An Alphabet of Quadrupeds, Vol. II by Jack Anger, released 01 August 2016 1. Koodoo 2. Llama 3. Moose 4. Nylghau 5. Ox 6. Porcupine 7. Quagga 8. Rabbit In 2012 Jonathan Zorn posted on his website sketches of a song cycle based on the 1852 book An Alphabet of Quadrupeds.

 

 
 

 

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