Exploratorium

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6-panel gatefold sleeve CD with 24 page booklet. Gene Coleman is a composer, musician and video director, who has created over 70 works for various instrumentation and media. Central to his work is the inventive use of sound, image and time, and the desire to create experiences that expand our understanding of the world. Since 2001 he has explored the global transformation of culture and music's relationship with video, science and architecture. Gene has been developing a series of works around concepts of Neuro Music and Transcultural Music, some of which are collected for the first time on Exploratorium, which is also the first album exclusively dedicated to Gene's compositions. Gene defines Neuro Music as "an area of research and creation based on the study and application of models and concepts from Auditory Neuroscience, as a form of musical composition. " The Neuro compositional methods I have developed are modelled on the auditory pathway of the brain ..including the three mechanical stages of hearing (outer, middle and inner ear functions), the auditory nerves and the various stages of auditory information processing, ending in the neocortex and so-called frontal networks." Neuro Music concepts are explored across various works on the album, including string quartet, and pieces which combine voice, electronics, shamisen and/or ensemble. The musicians featured on the album: RITORNO: The Hemmi Quartet. Kokhlos I: Nicholas Isherwood, Adam Vidiksis. Kokhlos IV: CumTempora Ensemble (coordinated by Virginia Guidi), Adam Vidiksis. Vidrone: Sansuzu Tsuruzawa, Toshimaru Nakamura. Across Time (Transonic Symphony #1): Transonic Orchestra, Directed by Gene Coleman: Shinjoo Cho, Ko Ishikawa, Sansuzu Tsuruzawa, Thomas Kraines, Naoko Kikuchi, Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M., Jonah Rosenberg, Yasutaka Hemmi, Marino Nagira, Yuta Tsubonouchi, Yasunori Onishi, Marcus Weiss, Jean-Michel Goury, Pierre-Stephane Meuge, Serge Bertocchi, Aya Motohashi, Sasamoto Takeshi.. "This is music as incantation, spell and seduction...It's fascinating and sonically as well as conceptually complex music that is well worth grappling with." - International Times review