{"product_id":"david-behrman-on-the-other-ocean-cd-1","title":"David Behrman – On The Other Ocean (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Lovely Music, Ltd. – LML 1041\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased: 2019\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStyle: Modern Classical, Experimental, Minimal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVital 1978 debut release from David Behrman on Mimi Johnson’s cherished and pioneering Lovely Music imprint ‘On The Other Ocean’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eA strikingly prescient example of humans and a kind of early artificial intelligence in the arts, Behrman set to work tinkering and messing around with odd machinery to finally assemble Kim-1, a computer program designed to ‘hear’ and interact with pitches, which in turn capable of triggering and sending harmonies to two other handmade synthesisers.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOn the title track Maggi Payne’s flute and Arthur Stidfole’s bassoon tentatively start feeling out and developing harmonies with the computer, dreamily drifting between deeply locked, sustained overtones and reacting to the unexpected shifts in pitch.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBut embracing the unexpected results is what makes the piece so special, when the circuitry ‘mis-reads’ the harmony and clumsily glitches between tones before calmly settling back into the piece.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIt’s a prime example of what makes the Lovely Music label so special, managing to operate on two levels, one being the heavy underpinning of then pioneering technology, ideas and compostional approaches whilst maintaining all the allure of indescribably beautiful music that can easily get swept away when things get too ‘academic’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eA rare example of serenity occurring when humans and technology collide  (Mint \/ New)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA On The Other Ocean\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23:30\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB Figure In A Clearing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19:12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"376\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zcjHQQxAJlk\" title=\"David Behrman - On the Other Ocean (excerpt)\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"376\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-DVdPGqcH0c\" title=\"David Behrman - Figure In a Clearing.avi\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Night Flight Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57498119995774,"sku":"LML 1041","price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/7755\/6791\/files\/IMG_3367_bf4f0493-c30d-4159-89bb-cd082d61b51f.jpg?v=1754998246","url":"https:\/\/allnightflightrecords.com\/products\/david-behrman-on-the-other-ocean-cd-1","provider":"All Night Flight Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}