Onward Great Maintainer
for percussion and amplified double bass
ca. 5:30
Full Instrumentation:
Percussion
- tuned pipes (20 required pitches)
- temple blocks (3)
- brake drums (4)
- piccolo snare (3″ x 13″)
- LP Tambo-Stick (LP90001)
Double Bass (tuned F, A, D♭, G)
- pickup & amplifier
- EQ/Volume Boost Pedal (Boss GE-7 or GEB-7)
- Octave Pedal (Boss Super Octave OC-3)
- Wah Pedal (Cry Baby Bass GCB-100)
Performance Note:
Inspired by the cyclical notion of rhythm, especially in aural musical traditions, Onward Great Maintainer combines an assortment of metals, rattles, and basslines with pounding additive rhythms unevenly separated. Opening with reoccurring crystalline harmonics, the heaviness of the forward onslaught breaks the listener away from any sense of fragile sound.
The maintainer’s job is to keep in existence, to preserve what has been. At what point does maintaining prove futile, but then again, what other options do we as individuals have?