{"title":"Xkatedral \/ Ideologic Organ","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"various-xkatedral-anthology-series-i-2xlp","title":"Various - Xkatedral Anthology Series I 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 700.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"587\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"23\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology I\u003c\/em\u003e is the first release in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by XKatedral affiliated composers working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and timbral music. This double-vinyl set contains an array of pieces dating from 2010 - 2020. Four of the works included here were originally released on cassette tape early on in the label’s history, while the two remaining pieces were presented by the label for the first time on this compilation. This record is released in conjunction with reissues of \u003cem data-end=\"586\" data-start=\"551\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology Series II-III\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1470\" data-start=\"589\"\u003eThe works \"Ir Himinn, Grooenn\" by Kristofer Svensson, \"Disquiet (Heart)\" by Marta Forsberg and \"Lamé\" by Isak Edberg were first released on the cassette tape compilation \u003cem data-end=\"779\" data-start=\"758\"\u003eXKatedral Volume II\u003c\/em\u003e in 2016. Svensson’s piece from 2014 combines gamelan percussion and prepared piano intricately interwoven in a way that obscures the boundaries between the two instrument groups. Forsberg and Edberg’s pieces both use a monolithic form to explore the timbral and harmonic spaces provided by the Düben Baroque organ situated in Tyska Kyrkan in the oldest part of Stockholm. While similar in terms of instrumentation the two works differ formally - Edberg’s \"Lamé\" composed in 2010 uses the registers of the organ to articulate a seamless spectral transformation while Forsberg’s \"Disquiet (Heart)\" from 2014 deals in blocks of sound with a varying degree of opacity, saturation and intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1843\" data-start=\"1472\"\u003e\"Glory for Two Electric Guitars\" by Caterina Barbieri and Kali Malone was composed and recorded in Tempo Reale in Florence, Italy, and was originally released on the cassette tape compilation \u003cem data-end=\"1686\" data-start=\"1664\"\u003eXKatedral Volume III\u003c\/em\u003e in 2016. This music takes the form of an ever-evolving hypnotic pattern shared by the two instruments articulated through an additive and subtractive canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2440\" data-start=\"1845\"\u003e\"Dissolving Ceremony\", composed in 2012 by Edberg\/Erlandsson\/Lisinski, was first presented publicly on the self-released record \u003cem data-end=\"1982\" data-start=\"1973\"\u003eStratum\u003c\/em\u003e. The music contained in that release was formed from a collection of gamelan percussion instruments augmented by two sets of live-electronic instruments tuned to the harmonic framework formed by the partials of the metal percussion. Originally positioned in the center of the record running order between two long monolithic processbased pieces, \"Dissolving Ceremony\" now stands on its own as a memory of a time and methodology from the not so distant past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"3190\" data-start=\"2442\"\u003eThe newest piece in this set is \"Shipwrecks\" by Daniel M Karlsson. While this work is a recent one Karlsson should be considered one of the forerunners of the musical expression contained within this record set. Active within new music for two decades his strongly articulated musical ideas and constantly evolving craftsmanship has resulted in an enormous body of work, and has served as an inspiration for many of his fellow composers. This piece is a celebration of transposition and its immense capacity for timbral transformation using a vast array of instruments performed, recorded and electronically treated by the composer to form a liquid uncanny topography where a deeply personal harmonic language constantly shifts, slides and shivers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xkatedral \/ Ideologic Organ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52810193764649,"sku":"XK020","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/various-artists-xkatedral-anthology-series-i-2xlp.jpg?v=1773156855"},{"product_id":"various-xkatedral-anthology-series-ii-2xlp","title":"Various - Xkatedral Anthology Series II 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 700.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"677\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"24\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology II\u003c\/em\u003e is the second installment in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by composers affiliated with XKatedral working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and timbral music. This double-vinyl set contains an array of pieces dating from 2018 - 2020. This collection of pieces focuses on the use of synthetic sound and algorithmic composition languages as tools for precise work within the realm of spectral exploration. In addition to this, the electronic instrumentation in many of the pieces is augmented by acoustic instruments. This record is released in conjunction with reissues of \u003cem data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"668\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology Series I\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"676\"\u003eIII\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"1367\"\u003eThe first piece on Side A is Kali Malone’s \u003cem data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"745\"\u003eMusic for Low Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e. This piece is an adaptation of the composition \u003cem data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"813\"\u003eRose Wreath Crown\u003c\/em\u003e originally released on \u003cem data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eThe Sacrificial Code\u003c\/em\u003e in 2019. In this iteration, the music is scored for two double basses played by Vilhelm Bromander and Zach Rowden, and sine tone electronics performed by Malone herself. The recording of this piece was made at EMS in 2019. Closing Side A is Jessica Ekomane’s \u003cem data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1132\"\u003eFirst Light\u003c\/em\u003e. This computer music work focuses exclusively on digital sound, layering razor sharp synthetic textures into an otherworldly dynamic weave. The music heard here is an adaptation of a piece originally commissioned by Semibreve in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1845\"\u003eSide B contains the work \u003cem data-start=\"1394\" data-end=\"1417\"\u003eHands Melt In The Sun\u003c\/em\u003e by Mats Erlandsson. This composition is built from electronically processed tuned zithers and synthetically generated tones arranged in a series of chordal inversions over a sustained fundamental tone. This music, written as a love-letter to the localized drone tradition of Stockholm in the years 2008 - 2012, was composed and recorded in seven days while in residence at Stallbergs Gruva in Bergslagen, in the summer of 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2656\"\u003eOpening the second half of the collection is \u003cem data-start=\"1892\" data-end=\"1909\"\u003eRough Draft v.7\u003c\/em\u003e by Theodor Kentros. Kentros’s compositional practice usually combines acoustic and electronic source material and in this piece he molds the output of the Buchla 200 and a collection of recorded wind instruments into a molten mass of sound. In its original form, this music was presented as a multichannel immersive work and even in the current stereo configuration it retains some of that enveloping sense of depth. The second piece on Side C, \u003cem data-start=\"2355\" data-end=\"2364\"\u003eInertia\u003c\/em\u003e, is by Wilma Hulten, who makes her debut on record here. An exclusively synthetic piece, \u003cem data-start=\"2454\" data-end=\"2463\"\u003eInertia\u003c\/em\u003e utilizes internal digital feedback in a sealed synthetic system to manifest a harmonic field that swells and abates throughout the length of the piece, interspersed by small gestural elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2658\" data-end=\"3247\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eClosing Side D of \u003cem data-start=\"2676\" data-end=\"2690\"\u003eAnthology II\u003c\/em\u003e is Maria W Horn’s work \u003cem data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2725\"\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e for vocal quartet, pitched glass and synthesis. \u003cem data-start=\"2774\" data-end=\"2785\"\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e uses a modified form of traditional tonal harmonic language to invoke an uncanny and restless middle ground between the classical western polyphonic vocal tradition and contemporary electronic music. The version heard here is a live recording from Eric Ericssonhallen in Stockholm on May 30th 2020. Performing the piece here are the vocalists Katarina Henryson, Lisa Holmgren, Vilma Ogenblad and Paula Wegmann, as well as Maria herself on glass and electronics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xkatedral \/ Ideologic Organ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52810193830185,"sku":"XK023","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/various-artists-xkatedral-anthology-series-ii-2xlp.jpg?v=1773156860"},{"product_id":"various-xkatedral-anthology-series-iii-2xlp","title":"Various - Xkatedral Anthology Series III 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 700.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"579\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"32\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology Series III\u003c\/em\u003e is the third installment in a series of archival releases dedicated to presenting music by composers working within the realm of slowly evolving harmonic and timbral music. The pieces presented here focus on the use of synthetic and acoustic sound as well as algorithmic composition as tools for precise work within the realm of spectral exploration. This double-vinyl set is issued in celebration of the label’s decennalia and contains works from 2014 - 2025. It is released in conjunction with reissues of \u003cem data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"571\"\u003eXKatedral Anthology Series I\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"578\"\u003eII\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"914\"\u003e\"My Falling Sinks\" by Kali Malone is a sparse descending melody for justly tuned organ, cello and acoustic guitar featuring Lucy Railton and Stephen O’Malley. The piece is a compositional sketch in septimal just intonation made on an experimental tuning organ at La Temple de La Tour-de-Peilz while in residency at La Becque in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1326\"\u003e\"Empyrean Flare\" by Maria W Horn was composed in 2022 for \u003cem data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"991\"\u003eThe Dawn Chorus\u003c\/em\u003e by choreographer Stina Nyberg. This piece uses the Tintinnabuli technique created by Arvo Part to animate four supersaw oscillators in slow diatonic arpeggiation, circling around a minor tonic triad, and destabilizing the harmonic framework by means of glissandi and amplifying the sum of its parts by means of analog tape saturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1616\"\u003e\"Tessellation\" by David Granstrom was composed using generative synthesis methods in the summer of 2017. The musical periodicity and harmonic movement heard within the piece emerges as a result of fixed synthesized tape loops - exploring a space that opens up between antithetical worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1922\"\u003e\"To Whoever Shall Inherit the Earth\" is the first piece of solo music made by Jessica Ekomane and it came together, according to the composer, almost by accident. The work was recorded late one night a decade ago and captures a fleeting, fragile, and unrepeatable moment preserved exactly as it happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"2284\"\u003e\"Smoking Mother\" by Stephen O’Malley was created for Gisele Vienne’s \u003cem data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2014\"\u003eDer Teich \/ L’Etang\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Walser. It was composed during a residency at the SMEM synthesis archive in Fribourg in 2018 and produced at EMS in August 2020. The piece draws from the works of Zia Mohuiddin Dagar, Krzysztof Penderecki and Popol Vuh while exploring the roots of minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2286\" data-end=\"2622\"\u003e\"Att boja sjalarna\" by Mats Erlandsson was composed in 2018 and was included in \u003cem data-start=\"2366\" data-end=\"2379\"\u003eOn Eternity\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of four texts and four ten minute cassette loops released in the form of a limited edition box set in 2021 by Irrlicht Forlag. This work features performances by Gaianeh Pilossian and Sara Fors, on violin and voice respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2624\" data-end=\"2874\"\u003e\"This Will Be My Last Piece For Organ\" was composed by Theodor Kentros in 2025 and uses groups of clustered oscillators through resonant feedback to synthesize the fluctuating frequencies heard wandering through physical space when detuning an organ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2876\" data-end=\"3101\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\"Fault Lines\" was composed by Daniel M Karlsson using generative methods with a deterministic and finite output solidified for this release. This piece features vocal performances by Sara Fors, Ansis Betiņs and Arturs Cukurs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xkatedral \/ Ideologic Organ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52810193961257,"sku":"XK033","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/various-artists-xkatedral-anthology-series-iii-2xlp.jpg?v=1773156864"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.strandedrecords.com\/collections\/xkatedral-ideologic-organ.oembed","provider":"Stranded Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}