STUART DEMPSTER-UNDERGROUND OVERLAYS FROM THE CISTERN CHAPEL 1995

STUART DEMPSTER WAS A PROFESSIONAL TROMBONE PLAYER (HE PLAYED ON THE ORIGINAL "IN C" RECORDING BY TERRY RILEY) BEFORE BECOMING A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-OR MAYBE WASH.STATE-WHERE HE TAUGHT A MASTER TROMBONE CLASS.EVERY YEAR HE WOULD BRING HIS GRADUATING CLASS TO AN DE-CLASSIFIED AIR FORCE BASE A FEW HOURS FROM THE CAMPUS WHICH HAD AN EMPTY 5 BILLION GALLON WATER TANK.I FORGET IF THERE WAS AN OCCASION FOR IT,BUT ONE YEAR THEY MADE A RECORDING OF THE 9 TROMBONISTS IN THAT PARTICULAR CLASS PLAYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS EMPTY CISTERN WHICH-BECAUSE OF ITS MASSIVE SIZE-HAD A NATURALLY OCCURRING REVERB TIME OF A MINUTE OR MORE...I FORGET HOW LONG EXACTLY.BECAUSE EVEN THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT OF SOUNDS WOULD REVERBERATE FOR 90 SECONDS,AND BECAUSE LIGHTING WAS NON-EXISTENT,DEMPSTER DEVISED A KIND OF SIGN LANGUAGE USED TO CUE EACH MUSICIAN...THERE'S ALOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE LINER NOTES OF THE CD-ALL OF IT FASCINATING-THEN WHAT I'VE PARAPHRASED HERE...EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN FAVORITE CHILLOUT ALBUM,AND THIS ONE HERE IS MINE.I SERIOUSLY RECOMMEND SEEKING IT OUT....


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