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Christian Kiefer : Exodust
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Minimalist composition built on repeating phrases and written onto a desolate folk landscape. Accordions, slide guitars, and banjos mingle with the voices of ghosts and history.
Genre: Classical: Contemporary
Release Date: 2003
Exodust Record Label: Extreme
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Dust Like History On Fire 4:49 $0.99
With Everything Packed 4:59 $0.99
And On the Road 5:10 $0.99
They Move Off Into the Darkness 4:56 $0.99
Of a New World 5:13 $0.99
Falling Into the Marching 5:03 $0.99
Ghosts of Their Memory 5:02 $0.99
A Land Blown Open of Tears 4:32 $0.99
And Slow Voices 4:54 $0.99
Pray That the Sun Rises 4:53 $0.99
And Our Shuffling Feet Put Distance 5:16 $0.99
On Every Machine 4:58 $0.99
For Apples Will Grow in the Garden 5:04 $0.99
And History Will Not Be Stilled 1:43 $0.99
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Album Notes

A note on the composition:

I have always been interested in "minimalism" in music--in strictly abstract terms. Nevertheless, it was very late that I came to classical minimalism. When I did it was as if I had discovered a gold mine. The amazing, hypnotic, and very MUSICAL work of Steve Reich I found particularly interesting, as I did the work of Terry Riley.

Of course, playing instruments like banjos and accordions, my own version of minimalism turned out somewhat different. After a few shorter experimentations with the general minimalist form, I decided to try my hand at a longer, deeper minimalist experiment. And so, "Exodust."

The central loops were recorded by me at home and then fed through my computer. I utilized Sonic Foundry's excellent program ACID to assemble the piece and then utilized many pieces from the Library of Congress collection of dust bowl-era refugees--their songs and their stories. These provided the connective tissue, giving the piece its focus and its title.

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