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Growl!
Metal music is big in Sweden. Since my youngest son is playing in a band, I could not avoid the tradition even if I wanted to. Instead I got fascinated by the vocal technique used by the so-called “screamers” or “growlers,” which is a kind of natural vocal distortion that gives the impression that the singer is ripping apart his vocal cords. I suddenly had the urge to make a piece for a “growlers choir,” something I’ve never heard (and few others have). My son managed to get me four of the best growlers from my hometown to line up for a recording session. I also asked one of them to write s...
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"Growl!" was realized in 2014 at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio of Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium), and premiered on September 27, 2014 in the Jardín sonoro of the Fonoteca Nacional de México in Mexico City (Mexico); its Belgium premiere took place on February 11, 2015 at Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium). The piece was commissioned by Musiques & Recherches. Thanks to recorded vocalists: Henrik Blomqvist, Alexander Andersson, Aron Parmerud, and Axel Widén. "Growl!" © 2014, 15, Åke Parmerud (STIM), Axel Widén (STIM) / Ymx média (SOCAN) ℗ 2015, Enregistrements i média (SOPROQ) Released on the album Growl, empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 15132 ISWC: T9152276841 ISRC of source stereo audio file: CAD501510007
- ElectroacousticElectronic
- 2015
- 8 ch monofiles
