METASAXOPHONE SYSTEMS :EVOLVING NEW MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SAXOPHONE |
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Metasax feature recitals
Metasax
Whitewater Endprint
for nine tenor saxophones |
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The
Tank Windsketches
for two bass flutes and Metasax |
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Coast
to Coast Tour
Evo
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APA
Theater San Diego , California May 25 and May 26, 2007, 8pm with Morris Palter, percussion; and Buffy Swallow dance ensemble |
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Karnatic
Lab program |
Logos
Foundation Tetrahedron Concert Hall, Ghent, Belgium March 8, 2007, 8pm |
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Selmer
Paris Metasax invitation lecture/demo/recital in Selmer Hall March 6, 2007, 6:30pm |
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Metasax&DRUMthings,
Paris France
Longtime collaborator Morris Palter joins me on drums and percussion |
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UMW:
Windsketches, Milwaukee multichannel computer music for metasaxophone, stones, wind, and singing bowls University of Milwaukee, Recital Hall March 10, 2006 program Spectral for 60 SXrAtch (premiere) Mists S-Morphe-S Windsketch That which is bodiless is reflected in bodies. |
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Spring
2005 UK tour "Under the Hood of Metasaxophone Colossus" Metasax in the U.K. : concerts and lectures: "under the hood of Metasaxophone Colossus" University of Hull, School of Arts, Scarborough (solo recital and lecture) April 19-20, 2005 Doncaster College, School of Intermedia and Performance Arts, Doncaster (lecture) April 21, 2005 BEAST: Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theater, Birmingham (lecture) The Metasax and Broken Drum with Morris Palter, percussion March 22, 23, 2005 S-Morphe-S, S-Trance-S, Delta 2, Windsketch, Incantation S4 |
Windcantations solo recital in Switzerland at the mysterious Grotte du Pertuis built into the cliffs of Fribourg, June 11, 2005 music for saxophones, electroacoustics, wind, and stones Windsketch for metasax/wind S-Morphe-S for soprano sax/Tibetan bowl Mists for stones and noise Incantation S4 for tenor sax and computer Fern for computer sound "the mystical evocation of a magician of sonorous spaces" La Liberte, Switzerland read review |
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Metasaxophone Colossus CD Release Party! Gravity Lounge
presented a CD release party/concert for “Metasaxophone Colossus.”
with Burtner performing music from the new CD with special guests
Tim Summers, Rafe Bell and John D’Earth. |
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Disembodied
Forms "S-Morphe-S",
Matthew Burtner |
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Morphological
Bodies Recital, Pitea, Sweden Featuring metasaxophone music by Judith Shatin, Chris Burns and Matthew Burtner 11/23/2 Pitea School of Music, Lulea Technology Institute |
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John Sampen conducting his saxophone ensemble in performance of Portals
of Distortion for the BGSU New Music Festival, Bowling Green,
OH |
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Performing S-Trance-S in Old Cabell Hall, UVa with bass ensemble.
Click any image for close-up. Photos byJohn Edwin Mason. |
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Other
photos: first two with snow and ice in Alaska, third photo from NIME
2002, Dublin. Click any image for close-up. |
Metasaxophone
in the Press!
**
Interview with OkaySamurai Multimedia **
"Iper-Sassofono"
in the Italian Neural Magazine
Saxophone
Journal, January/February,
2005
Review
of Metasaxophone Colossus by Paul Wagner (this is an interesting
and long review so please see the Saxophone Journal for the full text)
"The
music on this CD is as mysterious and fascinating as the instrument itself...Matthew
Burtner has out done himself with this CD and the Metasaxophone. It is
a new instrument with new and exciting textures for the saxophone world.
His innovative music will stimulate the listener's imagination. We can
almost equate this CD to the mind blowing experience in 2001 Space
Odyssey when the hero enters the monolith and the audience was treated
to a great light show. Except in this case we are given a sound show that
is equally mind blowing. From the singing bowl to the nine acoustic tenor
saxophones there is nothing here that is humdrum, routine or expected.
This CD will open the window to your imagination. Don't let this CD go
by without hearing it at least a few dozen times."
link
to the Saxophone Journal website
The
Philler ,
Insound, November 2004
Review
of Metasaxophone Colossus by Tom Schulte
"The
title is a nod to the great saxophonist Sonny Rollins, but Burtner's saxophone
gives us whistles and drones more than the round tones and melodies Rollins
delivered on that excellent jazz primer Saxophone Colossus. Burtner here
treats the ear more to improvisation on the use and shape of the sax perhaps
more so than improvisations on a melody. "S-Morphe-S" is landscape-wide
palette of tone coloring done with "singing bowl soprano saxophone
hybrid computer instrument." The 9-minute piece is disembodied and
floating."
link
to the Philler's website
Scram
Magazine,
Issue No20, Hollywood, CA,
November 2004
Review
of Metasaxophone Colossus by Kim Cooper
"If Burtner’s saxes were
flesh, they’d be bionic: wired for feedback loops and computerized
programs aping Tibetan prayer bowls and imaginary strings. “Burtner
explores the outer edges of live performance potential, and makes some
terrifically weird sounds along the way. "
link
to Scram magazine website
Metamorphic
Journeyman Online Magazine, August
2004
Review
of Metasaxophone Colossus
"For all the noise that makes
up the core of this music, it is not only a thoroughly fascinating listening
experience, but a curiously relaxing one - heck! when he's not building
sonic monstrosities that could tear down the walls on Skull Island with
one fell swoop, there are plenty of long moments here when his sound might
blend well with the friction-less glistening glide of VIDNA OBMANA. When
it does make the rare journey into rhythmic, full-frontal music, it uses
all the power it can muster, creating an all-out barrage of rhythmic drumming
spangled with a more traditional sax approach. One long piece here manages
to be immensely busy, yet not so complex or abrasive as not to be easy
to relax while listening to. Another piece pushes the edges into the discordant
extremities of Japanese Noise - a cavorting angry discord which almost
rivals ZORN's abrasive powerhouse approach. This is a complex album which
ranges from one extreme to the other, yet always manages to be, well,
extreme. "
link
to the text of the complete review
A
& S Online, August,
2004, Charlottesville, VA
Burtner
Unites Saxophone, Computer: Latest CD Release Introduces New Instrument,
by Ruth Hart
"...mesmerizing, enchanting, and perhaps most
importantly, completely original..."
link
to the complete article online
Vital
Weekly , July,
2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Review
of Metasaxophone Colossus
"So my love of the saxophone is virtually non-existent,
what would I think of Burtner's CD? Pun intended, but it blew me away.
The saxophone is indeed there to be recognized, but there is so much more
happening, from the singing bowl like textures of the opening piece 'S-Morphe-S'
to the walls of feedback of 'Delta' and the creepy dark textures of 'S-Trance-S'.”
link
to the complete review text
Neural,
Italian Magazine for Hacktivism, eMusic
and Digital Art, 6/24/2004, Milan, Italy
"The Metasaxophone
Project by Matthew Burtner ... amplifies the performer’s sensibilities.
... This equipped saxophone mutation becomes an electronic prosthesis
allowing the performer to extensively amplify the normal functionalities
of the instrument. This kind of mutation is destined to be a model for
other instruments in the future. "
read
the complete review on line
OkaySamurai.com Multimedia, 6/2004, www.okaysamurai.com
Interview by Dave Werner
read the complete
interview on line
San
Francisco Weekly: "Sound
and Vision: Without the inventions of Max Matthews, we wouldn't have CDs,
MP3s, techno -- or much more" by
Darren Keast
PUBLICATIONS
AND RECORDINGS
The complete metasaxophone
music has been recorded and published by INNOVA Records. Two CDs are currently
available. Recordings can be purchased from Amazon.com
Tower Records and other record stores, the Electronic Music Foundation,
or directly from Innova at a discounted
price. The albums are available for download at http://innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=199
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Portals of Distortion Innova Records, #512, 1999 order: http://innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=127 |
Metasaxophone
Colossus Innova Records, #620, 2004 order: http://innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=199 |
Other
publications related to the metasaxophone
The WIRE Tapper 12, The WIRE: Delta 2
London, UK, 2004
Computer Music
Journal DVD: Noisegate 67
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Leonardo Music Journal Electronic Almanc
Recursive Audio Systems:
Acoustic Feedback in Composition (pdf)
Authors: Chris Burns and Matthew Burtner
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004
Organized Sound Journal
The Metasaxophone:
Concept, Implementation and Mapping Strategies for a New Computer Music
Instrument (pdf)
Author: Matthew Burtner
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003
Journal of New Music Research
The Exbow Metasax: Compositional
Applications of Bowed String Physical Models Using Instrument Controller
Substitution (pdf)
Authors: Matthew Burtner and Stefania Serafin
Swets and Zeitlinger, Netherlands, 2002
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2002 Proceedings
Design of an Extended Saxophone Computer Music Controller
Author: Matthew Burtner
Gottenburg , Sweden, 2002.
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2002 Proceedings
Noisegate 67 for Metasaxophone
Author: Matthew Burtner
Dublin, Ireland, 2002
Digital Audio Effects (DAFX) 2001 Conference Proceedings
Expressive Controllers for String Physical Models.
Limerick, Ireland,2001
International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2001 Proceedings
Real Time Extended Physical Models for the Composer and Performer
Authors: Matthew Burtner and Stefania Serafin
Havana, Cuba, 2001
International Society for Musical Acoustics (ISMA) Conference
Proceedings
Instrument Controller Substitution Using Physical Models
Authors: Matthew Burtner and Stefania Serafin
Perugia, Italy ,2001
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