Marden Pond – Footnotes

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Country:Japan

Used CD 1996

Disc:NM (opened from dead stock copy)

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American composer Marden Pond. He has been active as a music teacher, writer, and composer in a wide variety of fields, and in music production, he released a work in 1980 that is considered a phantom piece for some freaks, and still active even now, left a new release last year, as a result his past works are quietly attracting attention. This is a compilation of scores for dance, which was also the subject of his doctoral dissertation in 1985. The first two tracks "Night's Dream" and "Lightgeist" are ethereal, multi-layered ambient/new age type tracks, while "Shadow Dance", an avant-garde electronic track from the 1980 album, and 10mins over "Gebungé" that switches between different development, are particularly outstanding. This work also produces quality music that jumps over various genres.

アメリカ人作曲家Marden Pond。音楽教師、執筆活動、様々な分野への楽曲制作などその活動は多岐に渡り、1980年には一部の好事家には幻とされる作品をリリースしていたり、昨年にもリリースを残すなど今なお現役を続け過去作品群もにわかに注目を集めています。本作は1985年の博士論文のテーマでもあったというダンスのためのスコアをまとめた編集盤。まず冒頭の幽玄かつ幾重にもレイヤーされたアンビエント/ニューエイジタイプの”Night's Dream”、”Lightgeist”の両曲、他にも1980年のアルバムに収録のアヴァンギャルドな電子曲”Shadow Dance”、展開が入れ替わっていく長尺曲”Gebungé”など聴き応えあります。この作品でもあらゆるジャンルを飛び越えた素晴らしい楽曲を収録しています。