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SONG CYCLING (24bit​/​96khz)

by Ensemble Consensus

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about

Song Cycling is an interactive poetry and musical performance. For this album, Consensus facilitated a collaborative writing of what we call “poetic scores” using graphics and texts. The poetic scores were iteratively interpreted into song by the ensemble through musical improvisation; each score was revised and reworked in between musical interpretations. Song Cycling is an effort to develop a spontaneous, experimental, and communal song-writing process.

The album contains recordings of three poems/songs we collectively wrote and performed over a four-hour-long studio session. We grouped two different musical interpretations of the three poems into a six-track album. We’ve also included three bonus tracks (one additional interpretation from each poem) in our physical album and high-definition digital album.

credits

released November 20, 2020

Taylor Arnold (Bassoon), Sasha Berger (Voice), Leo Chang (Voice & VOCALNORI), Oliver Hickman (Electric Guitar), Samn Johnson (Piano), Sam Kaseta (Voice), Andrew Koss (Saxophone), Charlie Kozey (Electric Guitar), Ashley Muniz (Voice & Electronics), Toshi Tsuruoka (Electronics), Lucy Yao (Piano)

Song Cycling is a Group Listening project by Ensemble Consensus
All music and lyrics co-composed and performed by Ensemble Consensus

Design of facilitation guidelines for group improvisation/co-composition led by Ashley Muniz and Leo Chang

All tracks recorded November 24, 2019 by Hammer Zhu at Dolan Studios
Tracks 1, 4, and 7 mixed by Oliver Hickman
Tracks 2, 5, and 8 mixed by Leo Chang
Tracks 3, 6, and 9 mixed by Samn Johnson
Mastered by Toshi Tsuruoka

Cover artwork by Ashley Muniz
Video art by Ashley Muniz

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Ensemble Consensus Brooklyn, New York

Ensemble Consensus is made up of artists who come together to co-create performances via what we call Group Listening: a practice that transforms creative prompts into music through collective group work and iterative improvisation. Through Group Listening, we seek a constant questioning and negotiation of identities and aesthetics, rather than definitions. ... more

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