{"id":11371,"date":"2016-10-04T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11371"},"modified":"2016-10-04T17:25:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:25:19","slug":"qasim-naqvi-announces-new-album-chronology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11371","title":{"rendered":"Qasim Naqvi announces new album Chronology<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Qasim<\/a>Last year, amongst many projects and collaborations, Qasim Naqvi<\/a> composed Preamble<\/em><\/a>, a wonderful collection of short chamber compositions performed by the Contemporary Music Ensemble of NYU, which then came out as an album. The incredible percussionist and composer, who is also one-third of longtime favourite band Dawn Of Midi, is ready to follow up that release with a new album of electronic music. Entitled Chronology<\/em>, the album was composed for the Moog Model D analog synthesizer, and it saw Naqvi join forces with painter Pippo Lionni and the P! Gallery in New York. As the press release explains, “the collaboration chronicled a sharing of ideas between both artists as an asynchronous call-and-response where painting, music, and graphic notation blended through common and conflictual gestures.”. The compositions come paired with transcriptions, made using a graphic notational system designed by Naqvi himself. Here’s what he said about the project:<\/p>\n

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“I was keen on somehow mirroring Pippo’s process through sound. His paintings are made with a spare set of elements. With layers of transparency, interference, and graphic form, he is able to achieve a set of permutations with the basic ingredients of black acrylic enamel and a canvas. I was struck by his restraint and use of one color source, and the kind of visual distortion achieved through a process of slow layering. So for the music, I reacted by using an analog device instead of a computer.<\/p>\n

When we think of a computer, we think of limitless options and an abundance of memory for recalling ideas. The Moog holds a reverse approach. It’s a tactile piece of machinery with discrete circuits, 3 voltage-controlled oscillators and knobs for controlling the contour of the oscillator. It’s monophonic, so chords or polyphonic playing is out of the question. The absence of this function required a layering of ideas in stages. Also, there’s no way of saving anything or recalling presets. Once you make a sound, that’s it. It exists in that moment unless you chronicle the settings by writing them down. It’s kind of like making a gesture with a brush. Once it strikes the canvas, you can either freeze it in time or erase it forever.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chronology<\/em> arrives on November 4th via New Amsterdam Records<\/a> and if you just can’t wait, get hold of it now exclusively through the label’s bandcamp subscription<\/a>. For a taster of what’s to come, check out the album trailer below.<\/p>\n