Cello Games
Friday, April 1st, 2011
Sit and listen: Classic album Sundays
But this is DJing with a difference. She only plays one album, and you listen to it, from start to finish, without talking.
It’s a fantastic idea and brings up loads of debate about how we listen to music today. As she states: “actively listening to a whole album from beginning to end involves a fair amount of concentration and requires us to set aside some time.”
Taking the time to listen to an album, with no other distractions is an increasingly rare past time but undeniably allows you to hear so much more. Colleen chooses albums that are beautifully recorded and has an audiophile set up so that she can really do the vinyl justice. She’s not just on a mission to promote vinyl but to promote sound quality too – how could we not love her?
Currently taking place at a pub in Islington, the next event is this Sunday, February 13th and the album is Stevie Wonder’s Inner visions.
When you listen to the Ramones first album, you are not listening for transparency and clarity; you’re listening for amphetamine-fuelled rake-thin teenagers playing in a garage band.
In fact that’s the operative word; I like my garage bands to sound like they were recorded in a garage.
Let me explain. I was in Boston performing a concert of solo cello and interactive electronic music back in March 2009, when @bowers Wilkins started following me and we started talking. I remember it well – it was raining, I was jet lagged and drinking coffee in Starbucks on Boylston; it was concert day…
In the months that followed, the tweets turned to coffee and the coffee turned to contracts – it was decided: I would and record an album for the Society of Sound! I was chuffed – being an aspirational audiophile; I was excited to produce something that, by its own commissioning blurb, would have to add to “a unique library of stunningly recorded music”.
Producer and co-composer Milton Mermikides and I set to work as soon as we got back to London – at that time, the only fixed piece was Steve Reich’s mammoth Cello Counterpoint, and the other pieces you will hear on the album were but twinkling sketches in my compositional eye, so there was plenty of work to be done, and not that much time!
Having written, edited and recorded guide tracks for the 6 new pieces, we arrived at Chippenham train station in time to catch dinner and last orders at the local pub.
By this point, a game of Scrabble with breakfast was standard protocol; some members of staff would come and offer me advice, others would simply offer to make the coffee. Being resident at Real World spoils you, and I am slightly apprehensive about going to a non-Scrabble-tolerant studio.
There are a lot of wide influences in the production of this album; the oscillating triplety gated electric cellos at the very start of “-” were initially influenced by Peter Gabriel’s gated guitar used on the Wall-E soundtrack; the high shrieking sounds in “Flight Path” were made by pitch shifting a reversed and pitch shifted pizzicato sample, which was then harmonized. This was all done to sound, bizarrely, like a bit of a Rihanna record that I particularly like.
Take inspiration, if you don’t happen to live in Islington, set up something yourself.
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” Extended Games ” – Avant-garde Cello computer – Patrick Dorobisz Part 2/2 (2009)
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CNN THE GAME BOARD GAME FROM 1994 NEW IN SEALED CELLO $3.99 |
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Star Wars Life board game A jedi’s PATH in cello MISB sealed box 4/12 $24.99 |
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1988 parker brothers dare board game adults 4 to 8 players new still in cello $6.95 |
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New in Cello Monopoly Junior Classic Board Game ages 5-10 $1.99 |
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2004 SP Game Used Two Card Cello Wrapped with Cabrera and Sosa $0.99 |
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100 BLU RAY Case/Box Cello Sleeves Wrap Bags PS3 Game $4.95 |
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100 BLU RAY Case/Box Cello Sleeves Wrap Bags PS3 Game $10.88 |
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WSOP 2010 Playing Cards Kem-CELLO WRAPPED New in box $25.97 |
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Dramatic Games (Solo Cello) -Various Composers, Tatjana Vassiljeva, Import $79.40 |
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1992 CLASSIC BASEBALL CARD GAME MIB CELLO SEALED 200 BASEBALL TRIVIA CARDS $9.95 |
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Vintage MICKEY MOUSE EDUCATIONAL CARD GAME Factory Sealed in Cello Age 4 to 10 $8.00 |
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TRIVIAL PURSUIT 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION NEW IN CELLO!! $19.99 |
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TWO SETS…..2008 & 2011 WSOP® Playing Cards Kem -New in box-cello wrapped $32.97 |
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TWO SETS…..2010 & 2011 WSOP® Playing Cards Kem -New in box-cello wrapped $34.97 |
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ZAP PAX VIDEO GAME CARDS – CELLO PACK PROMO $5.95 |
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Dramatic Games (solo cello) various composers by Vassilieva, Tatjana $25.28 |
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Star Wars Monopoly original trilogy Edition game in cello MISB sealed 512 $44.99 |
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Star Wars Monopoly Saga Edition game in cello MISB sealed 512 $44.99 |
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WORD SPOT A Classic Word Search Game FRONT PORCH Classics NEW In Cello Wrap!!! $12.00 |
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WSOP 2011 Playing Cards Kem-CELLO WRAPPED New in box $17.00 |
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Play CELLO To ROCKBAND Video Game Easy To Learn NEW Music Book & Play Along CD $10.99 |
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Tricks and Games Cello Duet Music Book $11.05 |
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Topps 1989 Baseball Cello Packs Lot of 10 packs $7.00 |
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Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Game SAGA DVD Edition MISB sealed cello 512 $32.99 |
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Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Game SAGA DVD Edition MISB sealed cello 512 $34.99 |
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Orchestra Activity Placemat $7.99 Learn about the different musical instruments in an orchestra and explore musical notes and rhythm. Tot Talk’s double sided, educational placemats are thick and high quality. Use washable markers, and wipe clean with wet paper towels, or wash with warm water and dish soap for bacteria free learning. For extra fun, give your child a spray bottle, and they can spray it, and wash off their work a… |
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Valentine’s Day Hearts Afire Cello Bags 20ct. With Ties $2.99 Valentine’s Day hearts afire cello bags. 20 bags with ties per package. Great for candy, treats or gifts…. |
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Assorted Cello Frill Picks Accent appetizers with our Cello Frill Picks. Package includes 1000 food safe 2 1/2in picks in red, yellow, blue and green… |
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Bach for Babies: Fun and Games for Budding Brains $3.32 Programmed similarly to the Beethoven for Babies collection, this set of Bach compositions runs the emotional gamut, from the gently eye opening to the jumpy arm raising, collecting each set of pieces under a thematic header. The first several selections (“Waking Up”) feature solo piano works that come directly from Bach’s more pedagogic works, compositions intended for students to use as exercise… |
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Andrea Bocelli: Sacred Arias $5.44 When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favorite recording of sacred music performed by tenor legend Franco Corelli. Bocelli–who in the meantime has come to inspire millions of fiercely loyal fans himself–returns to the genre as the guiding theme of Sacred Arias, the release of which coincides with the first English-language biography of the singer. These performa… |
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Ghostbusters $3.08 Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgo… |
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Lady Bug Fancy Cello Favor Bags $2.48 Pack of 12 large cello treat bags in the Ladybug Fancy pattern. Bags measure 5″ x 9″. Includes red twist ties…. |
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(20) Camo Gear Cello Treat Bags Party Favors Supplies 11×5 $3.49 BAG CELLO 12/20CT LG CAMO GEAR… |
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Cello Cello Zip Hoodie by CafePress $45 The Chinese characters ‘da ti qin’ mean Cello. Cello Zip Hoodie Zip around town in style with this zip-up hooded sweatshirt. Made of soft fleece, it keeps you and anyone next to you toasty. Yet it’s rugged enough for impromptu games of touch football.10 oz. fleece blend 90% cotton/10% polyester. |
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Dramatic Games – Solo Cello Works $20.99 Accord:472722 |
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The Cello $59.99 The Cello – Wall Decal |
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Cello $6.99 Rivka Cello – Art Print |