''The Yelm Sessions'' is an album by violinist/multi-instrumentalist
Eyvind Kang
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...
which was released in 2007 on
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...
's
Tzadik Records
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as part of the Composer Series.
Tzadik Records catalog
accessed January 22, 2015
Reception
Allmusic
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music critic Stephen Eddins wrote "The pastel-colored title track, "The Yelm Sessions", and the pop-sounding Latin dance "Enter the Garden" are lovely, but are a far cry from the dark power characteristic of his most exciting work. The fourth track, though, "Fire in Wind", for orchestra, keyboards, guitar, electric bass, and percussion, inhabits the fearsome soundworld of Kang's more unsettling work, and most of the remaining pieces lead the listener through a number of dark, disturbing places."
Track listing
''All compositions by Eyvind Kang except as indicated''
# "The Clown's Song" - 2:35
# "Enter the Garden" - 4:31
# "The Yelm Sessions" - 2:47
# "Fire in Wind" - 3:46
# "Locus iste
is the Latin gradual for the anniversary of the dedication of a church (), which in German is called .Cornelis van Zwol, ''Anton Bruckner 1824-1896 - Leven en werken'', Thoth, 2012, p.706 The incipit translates to "This place was made by God" ...
" (Anton Bruckner
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) - 0:52
# "Sulpicia Variation" - 2:34
# "Hawks Prairie" - 6:59
# "Hiemarmene" - 2:45
# "Mistress Mine" - 2:11
# "Asa Tru" - 7:41
# "Epoché for Strings" (Johann Sebastian Bach
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) - 6:11
Personnel
*Eyvind Kang
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...
- violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, sitar, drums, keyboards, trumpet, recorder, bird ambience
*Hans Teuber - bass clarinet, clarinet, flute (track 7)
*Doug Wieselman - bass clarinet (track 6)
*Steve Moore - trombone (tracks 3, 8 & 9)
*Barbara Fasching - English horn (tracks 5 & 7)
*Taina Karr - English horn, oboe, oboe d'amore (tracks 6 & 7)
*Nikolaus Vogelhofer - French horn (tracks 5 & 7)
*Wolfgang Heiler - bassoon (tracks 5 & 7)
*Marco Dalpane - keyboards (track 4)
*Walter Zanetti - guitar (track 4)
*Kala Ramnath
Kala Ramnath is an Indian classical violinist. She belongs to the Mewati gharana, a lineage of musicians. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Puraskaar in 2016, Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Sanman in 2008 and the Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar ...
- violin (track 10)
*Gretchen Yanover - cello (track 11)
*Scott Schaafsma - double bass (track 6)
*Thilges 3 - programming (track 5)
*Mell Dettmer - rain ambience, Echoplex, Korg MS 20 (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11)
*Shahzad Ismaily
Shahzad Ismaily (born 20 June 1972 in Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly as a bass guitar player, and record producer. He is a member of Marc Ribot's trio Ceramic Dog since its formation in 2006. He also plays with S ...
- drums (track 11)
*Don McGreevy - drums, percussion (Tracks 3 & 7)
*Dave Abramson - percussion (track 6)
*Matt Chamberlain - hand drums, gongs (track 4)
*Madeleine Sosin - quijara de burro (track 2)
*Jessika Kenney - voice (tracks 2 & 9)
* Degenerate Art Orchestra conducted by Joshua Kohl (track 2)
*Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna conducted by Aldo Sisillo (track 4)
References
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2007 albums
Tzadik Records albums
Eyvind Kang albums