whispering the turmoil down
1997
Spare, spacious solo piano improvised in a 20th Century classical vein, consistently quiet and introspective, gently abstract and occasionally romantic.
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CD: $13.00
Stripes: Mike Vargas in Concert
1999
More demanding listening than Whispering the Turmoil Down, this is a virtuosic solo piano performance with maximum dynamic and emotional range, featuring Vargas' structures for improvisations in the classical tradition
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CD: $13.00
So, Forth
2001
Electronic, acoustic, and electro-acoustic music with a very wide variety of approaches, styles and moods, including excerpts from commissioned dance scores, sometimes with a groove, often not, sometimes very challenging, other times gorgeous or humourous
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CD: $13.00
relentless paintings
2004
Recorded in Washington D.C. during the 80's, this popular album is experimental world music made with a very wide variety of sound sources, from processed acoustic to electronic to natural sounds (even the sound of Vargas' then 2-year-old daughter)
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CD: $13.00
Pianos In The Wilderness
2004
A style that is improvised but not jazz and not new age, spanning the years from 1994 to 2004 and including pieces that are way more inside as well as way more outside of "the box" than some of the material on the other two piano albums.
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CD: $13.00
sometimes
2006
electro-acoustic soundscapes, a result of re-mixing my own recordings in real time while playing along on acoustic instruments
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Tree: Still Suspended
2008
This is piano music improvised while dancers were improvising in the same space, music that includes dissonance, the sounds of the wooden floor creaking, and occasional electronic details.
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Tree: Unique Natural Area
2008
Spanning over 10 years of work, this album contains often austere statements and colors created by a wide variety of means, from dragging a table across a marble floor in Paris, to placing a microphone in front of a fan and running that through effects.
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