{"product_id":"roger-doyle-passades-vol-2","title":"Roger Doyle: Passades, Vol. 2","description":"Personnel: Roger Doyle (electronics); Paul Dutton, Kevin O'Connell (vocals).\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: Roger Doyle.\u003cbr\u003eRoughly a year after the release of Passades, Vol. 1 came this second volume (which is also Vol. 3 in Roger Doyle's His Master's Noise series for the Dutch label Bvhaast). The music for both albums was developed simultaneously, using the same methods. First, Doyle took four-second samples from his past works and used computer software that allowed him to time-freeze each sample and move back and forth into them (a \"passade\" is an equestrian term for a back-and-forth figure), thus creating strange new sounds. Second, he combined these new cells, crossfading and overlaying them. This second volume consists of five mid-duration pieces in that vein, three shorter \"Link\/Separator\" segments that introduce contrasting material, and the 25-minute \"Virdissa,\" a composition from 2000 that uses the same techniques, but focuses on voice and has stronger electro-acoustic and theatrical elements. Doyle's music has never been an easy listen -- his cut-ups and electro-acoustic pieces always seem to follow an inner logic that requires several listens to hack into. Passades, Vol. 2 is no different. The small array of techniques used on this album produces pieces that, without all sounding the same, do share strong similarities, particularly in the stuttering textures resulting from time-freezing samples. It will annoy some listeners on the long run. Luckily, Doyle is quite creative at assembling them and creating a whole greater than its parts -- witness the striking \"The Opening\" and the utterly fascinating \"Virdissa,\" which at times feels like a hörspiel in an alien, highly fragmented tongue. ~ François Couture","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49298014994719,"sku":"786497012657","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/3ae0f11296018bf6867182a8e8f59fcf.jpg?v=1777800117","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/roger-doyle-passades-vol-2","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}