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Rivers of Memory Their first work was an experiment of sound design and classical music with the chamber group Stratos on a Warner Brothers release in 1996. Many of these pieces were then realized in surround sound and performed live. Blind and Our Perversions, two works by writer Debra De Blasi, were commissioned by Finnish Broadcastings’ Radio Atelier in 1997. (Later published in her short story collection "Prayers of an Accidental Nature") These pieces where improvised into two separate digital muti-track sessions and then deconstructed to orchestrate an hour-long production of spoken word and sound effects.
Jim and Wieslaw had the unique opportunity to work with Erik Bauersfeld of Bay Area Drama and Lawrence Ferlighetti on an original radio play in early 2000. This improvised composition creates an evocative mood and uses the electronic violin and bass help to illustrate with music effects specific characters described in text. The entire piece was originally performed as a trio with Lawrence reading the text, Wieslaw on violin and bass and sampled effects on keyboard. Over the past two years, the two have continued to collaborate on many film scores and sound designsand these pieces are a compilation of many of the works described above, along with some new ideas still searching for a home. Wieslaw Pogorzelski is a musician, composer and music producer. His performing credits include assistant principal viola with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony and Opera, and many other ensembles in the United States and Europe. He has composed music for films and radio productions internationally and is co-founder of the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Stratos. He received his Masters degree from the Warsaw Academy of Music and continued postgraduate studies at Indiana and Boston Universities.
The works represented on this CD are all original compositions realized through studied improvisation and the collaborative composition of Wieslaw Pogorzelski and Jim McKee. Rivers of Memory With additional music composition by Merzmow With additional music composition by Merzmow
For inquries or additional information, please contact; wpogorzelski@sbcglobal.net or jim@earwaxproductions.com © 2002 Back To For Sale
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Rivers of Memory
In 1998 the two began scoring an original piece for the short film Asphalto- an Aria for 13 Gas Stations and Demolition Cars by Finnish filmmaker/director Ilppo Pohjola. Routemaster-Theatre of the Motors soon followed in 1999. This work conceived entirely on electronic violin, articulates speed through a scored quartet ostinati and feedback techniques performed through a large Marshall amplifier. Both scores combine original music composition by the artist Merzbow.
Jim McKee received a Bachelor Music Education from Shennandoah Conservatory of Music in 1981 and a Masters in Fine Arts from Mills College CCM in 1983. A founding member of earwax productions, inc. since 1984, Jim enjoys working in film, television, radio, multimedia, and Internet sound on projects ranging from major Hollywood features to educational CD-ROMs.