Baffin Bay by Adam Scott Neal

Written By: evan on July 7, 2009 No Comment

Adam Scott Neal recently sent me an email about his latest release, Parallel Lives. Neal is one of the few young composers who has really made his presence felt in the recent computer music scene. In his latest release, he continues to show why his music is performed so often.

Baffin Bay is one of the highlights from Parallel Lives.

The program notes on Baffin Bay:

BAFFIN BAY is a body of water between Greenland and Baffin Island, Canada. Near the Arctic Ocean, it is a cold, forbidding, but beautiful place. I have never visited, but I have long been fascinated by the arctic seascape and its indigenous wildlife. This relaxed and contemplative work was written for laptop quartet, and each player is assigned two instruments for a total of eight unique instruments. The form is based around four quartets featuring different combinations of these instruments, as well as duos and trios building up to and receding from these quartets. The players improvise within a structure that determines who will play at a given time, and what pitches will be present at that time.

This version was performed and edited by myself, and can be heard on my new album PARALLEL LIVES. This video features some related computer paintings, which I made with ArtRage.

Later this week, I’m going to get Adam on the phone to discuss his new music.