Exploratorium

Electronics for an album of original works by Gene Coleman

About

“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

“Ideas about exploratory behavior, Neuro Music and Transcultural Music have been the basis for many of my works over the last 20 years. Exploratorium is an album of some of those works and a space of exploration. Indeed, all the works on this album are examples of Neuro Music, which is the fundamental connection point across these compositions.” 

— Gene Coleman, from the CD 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.

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.
The album also foregrounds Gene’s integration of material from the writer Lance Olsen’s novel Dreamlives of Debris.

This is Gene’s second album on the False Walls label: Storobo Imp., a set of improvisations with Uchihashi Kazuhisa, was released in 2004.

Exploratorium – Premiere Concert

*POSTPONED NEW DATE IN FALL 2024 COMING SOON*

Bowerbird is pleased to present a concert of Gene Coleman’s album Exploratorium. Focused on his recent compositions based on models from auditory neuroscience the album includes Coleman’s 2nd string quartet, three works for voices and electronics and a new work for a large ensemble titled “Across Time (Transonic Symphony #1)”.

Members of the Transonic Orchestra:
Naoko Kikuchi (koto, voice and shamisen)
Adam Vidiksis (live electronics and neuro technologies)
Nick Millevoi (electric guitar)
Kinan Abou-afach (cello)

Details

released November 10, 2023 by False Walls

Credits

Mastering by Stephan Mathieu
Produced by CJ Mitchell and Gene Coleman
Design by David Caines
 
6-panel gatefold sleeve, with 24 page booklet and CD sleeve
Booklet includes sleeve notes by Gene Coleman

All Compositions, 2023 Gene Coleman / Lontano Music (ASCAP)

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