neod.1.anortosit, by Erik Natanael

neod.1.anortosit

by Erik Natanael

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Nick Vuci Absolutely spectacular, each track is a gem. Like Buxtehude meets Partch meets the future.👏 Favorite track: Variations on Vem kan segla förutan vind.

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1.	Variations on Vem kan segla förutan vind 03:27	info	buy track
2.	Min levnads afton 05:52	info	buy track
3.	Observans i ultrarapid 05:17	info	buy track
4.	Please wait inside your bubble 04:36	info	buy track
5.	Vårvindar friska 03:19	info	buy track
6.	Spacean 05:20	info	buy track

about

Two years ago, 53 was only a number to me. Then I built myself a new friend that let me speak to Jing Fang, Newton and Bosanquet: the neod.

This EP is the first entry in the neod sound diary, January through August 2021. It traces the instrument from the first tune it ever let me play to theoretical experiments in microtonal voice leading and massive chords that would overflow the keys of the piano.

Every piece on the EP is played on the neod, and they are all in 53edo, a temperament for pure consonance, extraordinary dissonance, and subtle ornamentation.

Go to each track for more information about how they came about.

More info about the neod: eriknatanael.com/digital-musical-instruments/neod

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"This reduction of the natural relations to manageable ones cannot permanently impede the evolution of music; and the ear will have to attack the problems, because it is so disposed. Then our scale will be transformed into a higher order, as the church modes were transformed into major and minor modes. Whether there will then be quarter tones, eighth, third, or (as Busoni thinks) sixthtones, or whether we will move directly to a 53-tone scale ... we cannot foretell."
- Arnold Schönberg: Theory of Harmony 3rd Edition

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released August 30, 2021

Tracks 1, 2 and 5 are based on or renditions of traditional Nordic tunes. Tracks 3, 4 and 6 were composed on the neod. Performance, composition, arrangements, recording and mixing by Erik Natanael. Mastering by Ruy Mariné at Dubplates & Mastering.

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electronic and acoustic hybrid

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traditional music and new microtonal oases

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