Bright and Dusty Things

Editorial Reviews
New York Times, September 10, 2000
"a master of the [sound art] medium"

Album Description
New York-based installationist and sound artist Stephen Vitiello steps out as a composer in his own right, after years of collaborations with artists, musicians and choreographers including Nam June Paik, Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Tony Oursler and Constance De Jong, Joan Jeanrenaud, Frances-Marie Uitti and many others. During his "WorldViews" residency at the World Trade Center in 1999 (the first media artist to be invited by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and ThunderGulch), Vitiello was inspired by nightviews of the cityscape - billboards, harbor lights, police cars - to translate/amplify the visual into a sonic experience. Collaborating with noted sound technician Bob Bielecki, Vitiello developed the photocell controller, which translates the vibration (color, speed) of lights into tones. Having thus captured the genie, Vitiello's sounds were further processed both in computer and in live musical collaboration with avant/improv friends David Tronzo and ! Pauline Oliveros (among others), musical geniuses in their own right. The result is a flowing, gorgeous set of sound/song pieces constantly alternating between noise and tone, between lyricism and disturbance. "Bright and Dusty Things" at times recalls the drones of soundfield pioneers (La Monte Young, Tony Conrad), the handmade imperfect loose wired contraptions of Fluxus artists (Kosugi), and the microcosmos glitchwerk explorations of younger European and Japanese artists.

Bright and Dusty Things, Music, Stephen Vitiello, Classical, Classical Artists, Electronic & Computer, Experimental, Jazz Music, Sound Art, Sound Sculpture

You Can Make Beautiful Things
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You Can Make Beautiful Things
Sunmay
Manufacturer: Wanderingeye Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000CAKKI0
Release Date: 2005-06-23

Bright and Dusty Things
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awesome

Bright and Dusty Things
Stephen Vitiello
Manufacturer: New Albion Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005NZK3
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

Crossing Her Eyes and Sneezing
Light Readings
Light Readings
18 (Watery Variation)
PO Clicks
Odyssey Guitar Solo
Light Readings
Rebecca H.H.
Twister
PO Clicks
Odyssey Guitar Solo (Without the Guitar)

Album Description

New York-based installationist and sound artist Stephen Vitiello steps out as a composer in his own right, after years of collaborations with artists, musicians and choreographers including Nam June Paik, Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Tony Oursler and Constance De Jong, Joan Jeanrenaud, Frances-Marie Uitti and many others. During his "WorldViews" residency at the World Trade Center in 1999 (the first media artist to be invited by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and ThunderGulch), Vitiello was inspired by nightviews of the cityscape - billboards, harbor lights, police cars - to translate/amplify the visual into a sonic experience. Collaborating with noted sound technician Bob Bielecki, Vitiello developed the photocell controller, which translates the vibration (color, speed) of lights into tones. Having thus captured the genie, Vitiello's sounds were further processed both in computer and in live musical collaboration with avant/improv friends David Tronzo and ! Pauline Oliveros (among others), musical geniuses in their own right. The result is a flowing, gorgeous set of sound/song pieces constantly alternating between noise and tone, between lyricism and disturbance. "Bright and Dusty Things" at times recalls the drones of soundfield pioneers (La Monte Young, Tony Conrad), the handmade imperfect loose wired contraptions of Fluxus artists (Kosugi), and the microcosmos glitchwerk explorations of younger European and Japanese artists.

Customer Reviews:

awesome.......2006-10-18

if Ligetti or Stockhausen were computer nerds this might be what they'd make... astounding.

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