Soundcheck

Christopher Rountree Designs a Musical Framework for Electro-Chamber Players


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Christopher Rountree is probably best known as the conductor of the LA-based new music ensemble known as Wild Up. Over the last 14 years he and that band have played with Bjork, done live film scores to movie screenings, and embarked on a multiyear recording project of the long forgotten and now rediscovered music of Julius Eastman. But Christopher Rountree is also a composer, and his latest work is called 3 BPM. It seems like it might be his reply to the rise of AI in music, because he describes the piece as “a musical framework for being together.” In an open score that could be part map, and part game, the ensemble performs the entirety of 3 BPM in-studio. 

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The ensemble for this New York in-studio includes: 

Christopher Rountree, voice / synthCatherine Brookman, voice / synth  Nadia Sirota, viola  Adam Tendler, pianoPhong Tran, electronicsTaylor Levine, electric guitarRachel Beetz, flute

3 BPM by Christopher Rountree with Wild Up | HOCKET | Nadia Sirota

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