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An absolutely mesmerizing sonic adventure. Anyone with even a shred of interest in xenharmonic music MUST give this a listen; Zhea Erose has rewritten the playbook with WXTCHCRXFT.
Favorite track: WXTCHCRXFT.
This piece was created in just intonation. This is an excerpt from my upcoming LP, Wxtchcrxft. This will be my 5th LP and it is purely microtonal. This 24 minute title track is the center piece to the album. It is divided into 3 parts but presented as a whole:
1. 0:00 Sonder
2. 7:48 Wxtchcrxft
3. 14:32 Forever
This piece contains the conceptual and thematic climax of the full album. The story is of a harmonic witch who turns herself into sound and can't find her way back -- ultimately accepting her fate in Forever.
Tuning:
This piece is further proof of concept illustrating my harmonic scale approach and "near equal just intonation" approach. I used two primary tunings throughout:
3) Vocals:
The vocals are, of course, in just intonation but I accept organic tuning errors. When dealing with just intonation at this level, it's extremely difficult to sing pure. The resolution of control our vocal physiology offers quickly gets outpaced by resolution of harmonic possibility. Therefore, I do my best to sing the JI as I want, but accept error in the voice. I'm targeting several lower complexity intervals in the voice, tuning to the ensembles complex just intonation, and singing more complex JI targets not listed in either tuning.
lyrics
Lyrics:
the lyrics are an impressionistic and reactionary impulse which spontaneously synthesizes my experience of the sound and the conceptual arc. There are lyrics but everyone will hear something different. The affect of the music, then, will dictate how each person hears WXTCHCRXFT.
credits
released August 25, 2020
amelia huff - tuning, synthesis, composition, arrangement, mixing, mastering, artwork, and performance.
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