Ethereal Semantics

“Going Dennis" from the upcoming album by my duo Ethereal Semantics

Based on a shared interest in Mikel Rouse’s Dennis Cleveland, my collaborator Ethan Isaac and I strove to access the polyrhythmic driving energy that comes from Schillinger’s method. Part of a larger electronic project exploring textual meaning, many of the drum sounds are sourced from words that become clearer later in the album. Our creative process has been one of sharing fragments that one of us then completes. We utilized live manipulation of Bitklavier’s Blendronic delay to provide much of the content in the track. Bitklavier is used throughout the album, with tracks in progress utilizing Ethan’s self-built modular electronic instrument, Reliquary.