Michael Century: Within and Without
Title:
Within and Without
Artist(s) and People Involved:
Exhibiting Artist(s):
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Michael Century
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Symposium:
Creation Year:
2012
Medium:
2 channel audio
Artist Statement:
Composed for accordion and electronics, Within and Without uses the rich expressive control and timbral palette of the accordion to “drive” a music
of rhythmic pulsation. The piece is in a popular idiom, and its title refers to the George Harrison song Within You and Without You, which provides
some of the melodic motifs. The electronic modules used are the filters and samplers that have been around since analogue days, and the central
instrumental technique used in the piece is the tremolando effect – shaking the accordion in fast rhythmic repetition – usually synced tightly with
the electronic pulsation.
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