We'll explore the deep tones of bands like Gato Loco whose lead instruments are the bass clarinet and the tuba on this New Sounds program. There's even more from the tuba with music by Tom Heasley and some bass clarinet work by Marty Erlich. We'll also hear the jazzy extensions of the bass saxophone in the works of the Maikotron Unit.
Then, there are other ways of achieving the low end - in Mari Kimura's case, there's the subharmonics of her violin, which she has achieved by a 3-step technique that she describes as "clunk, drag, and release" to uncover notes as much as an octave deeper than the low G string.
PROGRAM #3209, How Low Can You Go? (First aired on 5/2411)
ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
Mari Kimura | The World Below G and Beyond | Six Caprices for Subharmonics no. 6 | Mutable 17542 |
Gato Loco | Malditos Besos | Eso No Es Na [5:28] | www.gatolocomusica.com |
Maikotron Unit | Ex-Voto | votivae noctes [5:55] | Rant 1140 |
Mari Kimura | The World Below G and Beyond | 6 Caprices for Subharmonics no. 2 [1:45] | See above. |
Mark Nauseef | Wun Wun | Quilts (a Patchwork Dance) [10:13] | Creative Music Productions CMP Records 6055 Out of print, but try through Amazon as an import Wun Wun |
Marty Erlich’s Dark Woods Ensemble | Just Before the Dawn | Eliahu [6:31] | New World Records 80474 |
David Hykes/Harmonic Choir | Harmonic Meetings | Halleluyah [7:03] | Celestial Harmonies 14013/14 |
Tom Heasley | On The Sensations of Tone | Prelude , excerpt [4:00] | Innova 566 |
