Hypnotic Traces

Hypnotic Traces is an exploratory
album for violin, voice, organ, and
antique music boxes. Based around
Cage’s Six Melodies for violin and
keyboard instrument, the recording
utilizes organ instead of the traditional
piano. Framed around these six
melodies are collages of left over and
manipulated sound from the recording
process, reflecting a friendship with
each adjoining melody. To finish the
album, Henry Brant’s Quombex for viola
d’amore, organ, and music boxes
employs a unique chance-melody
conglomeration, with the antique music
boxes playing together, the organ lazily
playing chorales, and the viola d’amore
in scordatura harmonic melodies.