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The Dream of 'I'
The Dream of ‘I’ gathers diverse styles ranging from classical, electronic and jazz to pop, into a vision that pianist, composer and music software inventor Doug Wyatt offers as electronic music “unplugged.”
In composing the album, Wyatt used the computer extensively for orchestration and electronic sound design. He then traveled to Sweden where Christoffer Lundquist (Roxette, Ulf Lundell, Per Gessle, Ed Harcourt) produced the CD at Aerosol Grey Machine Studio. In the studio, the pair transformed the home-recordings with live performances. Wyatt himself plays the grand piano with mastery, while a Swedish string quartet enriches the soundscape. Vocals, too, contrast and blend with classic Minimoog synth sounds and other ear-stretching digital creations, with timpani, live drums, and programmed percussion completing the recording. The Dream of ‘I’ lures us into an intricate web that converges classical, electronic, jazz and pop genres; a soundtrack to a mythical filmscape. Often dense and intricately contrapuntal, the CD is a refined and dramatically passionate work.
Early reactions:
“Freaking out, in a beautiful way. Your life, your soundtrack.”
“Electronica is not my thing, so this is Electronica for the rest of us, or as Sonosphere puts it, ‘Electronica Unplugged’, the genre redefined.”
“Disturbed transitions unfold wistful and sullen between peaceful cadences, but a light looms past the horror.”
“That’s very nice.” — Mom
News
We’re playing in Los Angeles (Aug. 16), San Francisco (Aug. 18), Seattle (Aug. 20), Portland, OR (Aug. 21), Ithaca, NY (Aug. 31), and Philadelphia (Sep. 3). Details here.
The Dream of ‘I’ is now available, from our store, and from the iTunes Music Store.
Some audio clips from Doug’s forthcoming CD, The Dream of ‘I’ are here now.
The print version of the Mix article on Doug is on the Press page.
Mix magazine’s online version has an article about the project.
Doug has returned home to San Francisco from Sweden, where he recorded a new album at the Aerosol Grey Machine with producer Christoffer Lundquist.
- Aerosol Grey Machine: analog heaven (many pictures)
- Aerosol Grey Machine: gear closeups, glass organ (more pictures)
- Aerosol Grey Machine: Helena & String Quartet (more pictures)
- Doug’s day-by-day notes on the recording