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March Wind

from Fire Monkey by Michael Robinson

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Even though my musical instincts led me from traditional human performance to the new environs of computer-expressed music, my compositions are conceived as performance pieces. Thus, all of my music is played in real time, without any overdubbing. The emphasis is on the physical rather than the visual dimensions of tangibility. (You can hear and feel sound but you cannot see it.)

If you are willing to consider that human performers are a tradition rather than a given for musical expression, you may discover that computers are perfect instruments for the musical distillation of intellectual, sensual and spiritual energies, capable of articulating the nuances of one’s soul. There is a greater emphasis on what rather than who.

March Wind is pure, uninhibited energy delighting in labyrinthine complexities... Year of the Rooster, in three movements, presents a kaleidoscope of sonic colors throughout its three contrasting movements... Jade Streams was inspired by my first visit to Venezia... Distant Breakers is a shimmering gallop through a poly-cultural landscape... Mountain Temple, in four movements, was named for a Japanese silk-screen painting... Ghosts refers to my memories of people from the past... Soft Stone was inspired by a jukebox song... Fire Monkey is a title taken from the Chinese lunar calendar.

- Michael Robinson, January 1994, Los Angeles

© 1994 Michael Robinson

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from Fire Monkey, track released January 11, 1994

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Michael Robinson Los Angeles, California

"Very nice - swings good! It's great doing the whole thing yourself. I just go in and play, and the rest is out of my hands." (Lee Konitz)

"He has amazing success bringing to life music performed by a computer." (Dean Suzuki, SFSU)

"No telling where he's going to spin off to, but he's an original." (Village VOICE)

"Michael Robinson makes great music." (Pandit Jasraj)
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