This collaboration betwixt artist/shrieve-mn0000460761">Shrieve too the talented immature drummer artist/david-beal-mn0000530257">David Beal is an electronic percussion tour-de-force alongside epic rhythms, powerful melodies, too broad textural brushstrokes. Amazingly enough, this innovative album barbarous through the cracks when it was get-go released too didn't teach nearly the attending or distribution it deserved.
Two of the maiden off drummers of stone too novel historic menstruum blend their special talents alongside the latest applied scientific discipline to create a landmark album. On The Big Picture, Michael Shrieve too David Beal attain fully orchestrated music using electronic drum pads too digital samplings. Through this system, a drum-pad tin audio similar a trumpet, violin, voice, or it tin create a completely novel sound. Though originally composed on computer, all the music on The Big Picture was played exclusively alongside drumsticks.
This album is a refreshing celebration of beat too melody. The pieces compose a dazzling menu, ranging from the exotic to the mischievous, all sharing a compelling vibrancy too excitement.
The Big Picture opens a novel door for percussionists. It puts the percussionist on a bird alongside traditional front end trouble soloists too it elevates him to orchestral arranger, alongside interplanetary space combinations of sounds, timbres, rhythms, too instrumentations at his disposal.
Michael Shrieve was the legendary drummer for the grouping Santana. He appeared at Woodstock alongside Santana too recorded 8 albums alongside the group. He has likewise recorded on 3 albums released past times the legendary German linguistic communication synthesist, Klaus Schulze. He released his get-go solo recording entitled Transfer Station Blue (17023-2) on the Fortuna label which features Klaus Schulze too Michael's brother, Kevin Shrieve. Michael co-wrote the music for the cinema The Bedroom Window.
David Beal has an shrewd feel of dependent too boundless noesis of percussion too electronics. He has played alongside a broad multifariousness of come about names inwards the music concern including the Cleveland Philharmonic, jazz guitarist Stanley Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan too rockers similar Joe Cocker, Peter Gabriel, too Madonna.
THE BIG PICTURE, Michael Shrieve too David Beal attain fully orchestrated music using electronic drum pads too digital samplings. Through this system, a drum-pad tin audio similar a trumpet, violin, voice, or it tin create a completely novel sound. Though originally composed on computer, all the music on THE BIG PICTURE was played exclusively alongside drumsticks. This album is a refreshing celebration of beat too melody. The pieces compose a dazzling menu, ranging from the exotic to the mischievous, all sharing a compelling vibrancy too excitement. THE BIG PICTURE opens a novel door for percussionists. It puts the percussionist on a bird alongside traditional front end trouble soloists too elevates him to orchestral arranger, alongside interplanetary space combinations of sounds, timbres, rhythms, too instrumentations at his disposal.
Tracklist:
1 The Invisible Architect 5:45
2 Monday Amie 4:08
3 Unspeakable Dawn 7:09
4 Izibongo 5:23
5 Shaman's Drum 5:30
6 The Big Picture 6:05
7 Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep 5:24
8 Iron Voices 4:75
Personnel:
Michael Shrieve - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Producer
Andrew Aturmer - Guitar (Acoustic)
David Beal - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist, Producer
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