CHRISTOPHER ORCZY
TRANSITION
cocd 09
77 minute cd-r
Composed Performed Produced by Christopher Orczy
Christchurch New Zealand August - September 2006
Mastered by Daniel Batkin-Smith @ eep! studios
The genesis of TRANSITION was a complex one. In August, I started to work with some material that I had recorded in March for an album to be entitled METAMORPHOSIS 2. I started to work with the fragments, with the idea of creating 2 pieces with the same structure as the earlier (1994) METAMORPHOSIS. As is often the case, the material was actually wanting to do something different. I was trying to join fragments together, but they wanted to stay on their own. Eventually I left them on their own, and the first 2 pieces (Presentiment and Consolation) were created. After listening to these 2 pieces, I realised that only the beginning and ending of a "story" were present. The two middle pieces were needed to complete the transition.
Presentiment:
A great forboding
Equanimity:
An acceptance of what has occurred
Intercession:
Some timely help. It is time to say goodbye to the old way.
Consolation:
The new state.
TRANSITION expands upon the soundworld of the HARMONIUM DIARIES albums, with the harmonium being processed in more expansive ways. The album is also a more focused affair, with each piece sharing a similar structure and also melodic themes.
TRACKLISTING
01 Presentiment
02 Equanimity
03 Intercession
04 Consolation