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Artissimo.gr record entry date : Sun 05/09/2010
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Summer 2010 Newsletter
There's a new online video interview with me done by master interviewer Martin Perlich. You can find the interview here. While the interview deals with the Monkey King CD, it also touches upon various other works of mine as well as my compositional and musical philosophy. This is one of the best interviews I've done, and I think you'll find if of interest. Be sure to look at other interviews of Martin's that are available online. There's a great deal of variety and information available on his site. You can also listen to an earlier interview that I did with Martin here.
The Monkey King CD has received a number of very positive reviews during the first half of this year. The most extensive of these, which also includes a review of the Fallen Sparrow CD, is by composer Elainie Lillios in Computer Music Journal, Volume 34, Number 1, Spring 2010, pp112-114. While this review is not available online, there is an excerpt of the review here which begins:
Barry Schrader entices and challenges audiences yet again with two electroacoustic compact discs: Fallen Sparrow (2006) and Monkey King (2008). Each release uniquely addresses Mr. Schrader's creative spark and expert technical skill, while simultaneously reflecting his penchant for extra-musical inspiration realized through meticulous attention to musical idea and development. These discs embody Mr. Schrader's purposeful compositional intent, featuring pieces that can be listened to in many ways and studied from many different perspectives.
Other positive reviews of the Monkey King CD include those by Arcane Candy (…this disc will breathe new life into your listening day–whether you’re a man or a monkey."). There are also new reviews of the Fallen Sparrow CD ("The untypical soundtrack-like melange of classical and avant-garde elements make this work extraordinarily intriguing and highly entertaining") and the Beyond CD ("His free-style ambient of Beyond puts him across as a great free-thinker in the world of experimental music.") on DARKLIFE.
If you are a fan of horror and sci-fi films, you may be interested in the new release of Galaxy of Terror on blu-ray and regular DVD by the Shout Factory. This is part of their Roger Corman's Cult Classics Collection. I composed the music for Galaxy of Terror on the Buchla 200 analog synthesizer in 1981, and, as far as I know, this is the only commercial electronic music soundtrack composed with that system. The remastered release includes a new documentary on the making of the film with new interviews with me and other cast and crew members. For more information on this film and its music, please see the article on the Matrixsynth site.
I'm currently working on my new piece, The Barnum Museum, based on the short story by author Steven Millhauser. This will be a long multi-movement work, and will be my next CD. I'm hoping to finish this in the next year or two. I'll write more on this later.
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