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Tragic Selector (Daisuke Tadokoro & Terre Thaemlitz) - A Dialogue With Gravity

from Colliding Wind by Concentric Records

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「この曲は日本BUTOHチームの大駱駝艦のイベントの機会でできた楽曲です。日本のBUTOHは、身体を止める、立つ、そういうのが大事みたい。世界のクラシックなどの
バレーダンスや、ダンスパーティーのダンス、は身体をいっぱい動かします。多分適当なノリで始まったBUTOHは、椅子に座っているだけでも踊っていることにした。
だから、コンテンポラリーダンスと近いのかもしれない。でもやっぱりコンテンポラリーダンスもいっぱい動く。いっぱい動かないのがBUTOH。いっぱい動かないため、
つまり止まるためには、重力との対話が必要。が、曲のタイトルの意味です。ピアノ的には、ピアノはハンマーで弦を叩く楽器なので、ハンマーが重力と会話している
のがグランドピアノ。ハンマーが垂直になって重力と会話していないのがアップライトピアノ。ハンマー風の装置があるのがちょっと高級な電子ピアノ。
電子ピアノは重力と会話しているのか分かりません」 田所大輔

"This piano piece was originally composed for an event with the Japanese Butoh dance ensemble Dairakudakan. The focus of Butoh seems to be stopping and holding the body in place. Globally speaking, from classical ballet to dance parties, most forms of dance emphasize movement. Perhaps the core of Butoh is more akin to learning to sit in a chair. In that sense, there are similarities to some forms of Western contemporary dance. But most contemporary dance still emphasizes movement. Butoh has a lot of stillness. In order to be still - to stop the body - a dialogue with gravity becomes necessary, which is how this piece gets its title. Pianos create sound by hitting strings with hammers. The hammers of a grand piano strike in conversation with gravity. The vertical hammers of an upright piano resist speaking with gravity. The high-grade electric piano used for this particular recording has a hammerlike mechanism. Whether or not it is in dialogue with gravity, I am uncertain."
- Daisuke Tadokoro

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from Colliding Wind, released January 15, 2021
Improvised piano processed through effects in real-time
Piano - Daisuke Tadokoro
FX - Terre Thaemlitz

Produced, mixed and arranged by D. Tadokoro (piano) & T. Thaemlitz (fx)
Published by T. Thaemlitz (BMI), Licensed courtesy of Comatonse Recordings

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