{"product_id":"david-behrman-leapday-night-3","title":"David Behrman – Leapday Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Lovely Music, Ltd. – LCD 1042\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStyle: Modern Classical, Experimental\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOtherworldly electronic levitation meets proto-artificial-intelligence from American composer and computer music pioneer David Behrman - A lifelong ANF favourite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOne of THE great experimental records of 1980s, Leapday Night seems Behrman’s systems-driven composition approach working at peak performance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe system consists of pitch sensors (\"ears\" with which it listens to the performing musicians), various music synthesizers (some homemade), a computer graphics colour video display and a personal computer.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEssentially sounds are created by Behrman, Rhys Chatham and Fluxus legend Takehisa Kosugi, to which the computer ‘hears’ and then reacts with it’s own synthetic improvisation, to which the dialogue between human and machine continues to evolve.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIf this is of zero interest to you, don’t worry - since we only discovered this information a good 10 years after first listening to the record.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhilst the compositional technique is interesting and super ahead of the time, it’s the music here that actually takes the spotlight.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe tryptich title track is a surreal duet that sees to float in the air - plump bass surges and slippery, if somewhat erratic and totally unpredictable, computer tones working in unison with Rhys Chatham’s dulcet trumpet notes.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt really sounds like little else before or since.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe Interspecies Smalltalk two-parter switches out the trumpet for Kousugi’s deft violin notes, adding a more avant and yet timbral edge to the computer (which is by now really fizzing on it’s own accord), whilst the CD-only ‘A Traveller’s Dream’ is a lesser mentioned electronic tapestry laced with softly effervescent electronics and clotted percussion.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe perfect companion for gently tripping on a warm summer’s evening. (Mint \/ New - deadstock CD)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeapday Night \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 Scene 1 6:30\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 Scene 2 6:36\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 Scene 3 8:38\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Traveller's Dream Journal \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 Berlin-NY, Setting A 9:22\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5 Berlin-NY, Setting B 9:20\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterspecies Smalltalk \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 Scene 1 9:38\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7 Scene 2 11:54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"377\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wA3I6UEVjy4\" title=\"David Behrman - Leapday Night (1991) (full album)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57498115867006,"sku":"LCD 1042","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_0134.jpg?v=1721811841","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/david-behrman-leapday-night-3","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}