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nine variations

by Ross Birdwise

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1.
crossing nostalgia 02:03
2.
not so early music 03:29
3.
winding paths 04:54
4.
lilting shadows 04:22
5.
erratic angel 03:49
6.
between memory and hallucination 02:56
7.
ruins 05:09
8.
reverie 02:39
9.
eternal return 04:10

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"A dark, disorientating journey into the liminal and the sublime, courtesy of Vancouver musician Ross Birdwise. Based on a composition written and performed by the artist and Nathan Medema in 2001 as part of the duo if then do, Nine Variations sees Birdwise stretching and tearing at his source material as if at an enormous invisible fabric; the work's original chord progressions warped into strange, unspeakable configurations. Terrifying and exhilarating in equal measure, this is experimental music at it's most fearless and exploratory."

- Jamie Tolagson (Hotham Sound)


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Nine variations on a composition originally written by if then do.

The original piece, for keyboards, bowed bass, tapes, and effects, was performed only once on July 21, 2001 by Nathan Medema and Ross Birdwise at Gallery 101 (Ottawa, Ontario).

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review from Tabs Out:

I’ve written about Ross Birdwise before, once here, another time here. The Vancouver experimentalist has released music on various labels such as Orange Milk and Collapsed Structures, but here he stays pretty close to home for “Nine Variations.” The source material for this cassette was composed in 2001 when Ross and artist Nathan Medema formed the duo “if then do” (lowercase, hence the quote marks for readability), and it’s from these recordings that Birdwise cobbles together “Nine Variations.” Here again Birdwise displays an advanced ear for the abstract, making it seem easy to simply rip music apart and recombine it in fascinating and engaging ways. If he were a civic engineer, he could rip down the old town courthouse and use the pieces to recreate it in an amazing, insightful, and meaningful way. It might not be safe to use as a courthouse still, or even walk in for the briefest of moments, but it’d look really cool before the township condemns the thing and authorities arrest Birdwise for doing all that without a permit. … This relates to his music somehow, I promise.

www.tabsout.com?p=20013


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review from duplication.ca:

“A tense electronic/neo-classical exploration. Instruments and voice plug-ins decay and wither away, pitch shifting wildly as if caught in a storm. Another great cassette by the awesome @hotham_sound imprint!”

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released June 10, 2018

composition, arrangement, sound generation, mixing and mastering by Ross Birdwise

based off of an original composition by Ross Birdwise and Nathan Medema (if then do)

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