Jeffrey Brooks – The Memory Palace CD Release

Description

Title: The Memory Palace
Artist: Jeffrey Brooks
Label: Cantaloupe
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 713746320621
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-11-21
Number of Discs: 1
When composer Jeffrey Brooks premiered The Memory Palace at Bang on a Can’s summer festival at MASS MoCA in July 2023, he’d perfected the presentation of what we now know as the Stein-o-caster – a new form of prepared piano, fitted with pickups, that he conceived and designed the previous year with electronics engineer Greg Lee. As a featured instrument on two pieces from this new recording, the Stein-o-caster sets the tone for the aural atmospherics and soundscapes that transport the music into fresh dimensions of space and time.An artist of wide-ranging musical tastes, Brooks has also held a lifelong affinity for the electric guitar (Jimi Hendrix is a personal hero), so in the context of The Memory Palace, it made sense to approach longtime collaborator Mark Stewart – in-house guitarist for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and musical director for Paul Simon’s touring band – for a specially commissioned piece. This became “Santuario,” scored for double-neck electric guitar, and a mini-epic of sonic exploration in it’s own right.
Tracks:
1.1 Memory Palace
1.2 Santuario
1.3 Time Garden

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