The Witzard Premiere & Exclusive Stream: Petridisch Releases First of 2018 Philip Glass Re-interpretations - "GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion (for Farfisa, Synth & Vocaloid)"
Petridisch (@petridisch)
describes himself as a "mainly
Electronic
music composer on the
Darkwave
side, who loves
VOCALOID
/ sometimes plays a reverbed-out guitar" hailing from
Boston
.
Petridisch
is a mysterious creature, also know as
Thor Maillet
, who has issued a staggering 26 individual releases, since first launching his project on
in 2015-16. Just in 2017,
Petridisch
released four full-length albums:
Wired
, Classical Vocaloid,
Monolith
, Split—re-released on
Amazon
, Spotify, and
Apple Music
as
An Interrogation
—and most recently,
358
, as well as limited edition
358 VHS + CASSETTE + DIGITAL + DVD!
combo-packs on
, as well as a unique "video album" crafted in collaboration with
Broken Machine Films Presents...
However,
Thor Maillet
has personally, been making music since 1995 as part of various bands, collaborative projects, and solo endeavors, including, but not limited to,
Cryostasium / Thor Maillet
, CTM,
Petridisch
, and simply "Thor Maillet."
<a href="http://petridisch.bandcamp.com/album/glass-music-in-contrary-motion">GLASS: Music in Contrary Motion by Petridisch</a>
Petridisch
's music is equally influenced by both, the works of
Philip Glass
and
Mylène Farmer
, as
Thor Maillet
says his general intent with his music it to "explore the greyer areas of the psyche with inevitable elements of light and humor."
Petridisch
's latest release,
"GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion (for Farfisa, Synth & Vocaloid)"
is a 15-minute re-interpretation of a 1969 work by
American
"minimalist" composer
. It's just the first in an on-going series of
GLASS
re-interpretations to be released throughout 2018.
"GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion"
will be released on
Petridisch
's
Bandcamp
page on March 2nd and is currently available for
, however, it's currently streaming EXCLUSIVELY here at
The Witzard
. In addition to his
GLASS Project
,
Petridisch
has a number of projects lined up for release during 2018:
to be released on cassette through Norwegian imprint
Asura Revolver
on Feb. 24th,
Illuminated Paths
cassette entitled
Umjammer
, and
VIPER & Broken Machine Films Presents...
upcoming album
'BOUT THA MONEY
will feature "mastering by
Thor
," as well as a number of yet-to-be-announced projects. I'll just let
Petridisch
himself further explain
"GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion (for Farfisa, Synth & Vocaloid)"
down below the break.
"THE PROJECT: At least two larger-scale Philip Glass works to be re-interpreted for Electronic Farfisa organ and Vocaloid with sometimes, other parts added for texture, by myself—directed by published Philip Glass scores. Vol. 1 is a single, the 1969 work "Music In Contrary Motion," to be released March 2nd. Vol. 2 will be the large-scale 1975 work, "Another Look at Harmony, Part 4" to be released [in] either, April or May. Other works to be determined.
THE SINGLE:"GLASS: Music In Contrary Motion (for Farfisa, Synth & Vocaloid.)" This will be released, via Bandcamp, on March 2nd in lossless and other formats and also, through digital distribution outlets.
THE PIECE ITSELF: This piece was originally composed in 1969 by Philip Glass. The instrumentation is open, pretty much whatever you see fit. It consists of 23 scored sections, or "modules," that one plays through with a few repeats, before moving onto the next section. The number of repeats per section is flexible; I chose none to give it an ever-moving and maybe disconcerting "roller coaster ride" feel. If you listen to other recordings of the piece, most of the time, you will hear sections repeat. All the music is written "in contrary motion." This means that the upper line of the music moves in direct contrast to the lower line of the music—in the score—every note. There are only five notes in total in the piece (A, B, C, D, E,) as well! I imagine, it would be extremely hard for a human vocal ensemble to pull off what the robots pulled off in Vocaloid, but it was the very reason I chose this particular piece. I wanted to hear voices sing these amazingly convoluted parts!"
- Thor Maillet (@petridisch)