DESACORDES : in C Terry Riley © 2003 cipaudio

"According to the legend, Terry Riley set down on paper within a few hours the 53 patterns that compose the one-page score of In C, on a spring night of 1964. "

In C is the second album of DésAccordes, an ensemble of electric guitars and basses + percussions, which was created in 2000 by Erik Baron who plays bass and composes music. For this recording session, further acoustic string instruments - classical guitar, harp and cellos - joined in.

According to the legend, Terry Riley set down on paper within a few hours the 53 patterns that compose the one-page score of In C, on a spring night of 1964.
He does beleive that ”The quality of this music depends on the spontaneous interaction that will develop within the group of performers. A good performance reveals a world teeming with groups and sub-groups that continually form, separate and re-form…”

No doubt that this 'group by group' arrangement of sound richness drove DésAccordes to experience In C.
Starting from a particularly tonic C pulse, a polyphonic and polyrythmic thread is gradually spinning and goes on evolving as the piece proceeds.

DésAccordes’ rockers fondamentally 'romantic' soul led director Erik Baron turn In C into a four-part piece, just as a conventional symphony, which is quite unusual for a piece that has been played until now in a continuous mode.

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Songs

1. 1
2. 2 +
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5