PostGenre“The music of SOUNDWALK was created, compositionally, to never have a specific beginning, middle, or end. Depending on where you entered an installation, you would step into a different part of the composition. The music had to work like a sphere or something where no matter how you turned, it was complete.” - Ellen Reid
Check out our conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ellen Reid. We discuss her new album, ‘Big Magestic,’ which grew off of her fascinating SOUNDWALK project - a free, GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. The record features Shabaka Hutchings, Kronos Quartet, Riley Muleherkar, and more. It is out now on New Amsterdam Records/Eclipse Projects.
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Natural Sounds: A Conversation with Ellen Reid on ‘Big Majestic’ - PostGenre
Nature has long inspired creative impulses. In music, an extensive line of composers - from Hildegard of Bingen’s ‘O viridissima virga’ to Oliver Messiaen’s explorations of bird calls - have looked to the environment to guide their work. But in an age where we are increasingly distanced from anything outside a screen-driven social media bubble,