The Pillory / The Battle

Track Listings

1. Battle 1

2. Battle 2

3. Battle 3

4. Battle 4

5. Battle 5

6. Battle 6

7. Battle 7

Editorial Reviews
--A. Patterson/EUROCK MAGAZINE (Jan. 2005)
Stunning.. amazing mellotron, striking symphonic movements, powerful prog rock, dynamic ambient/industrial electronics, sacred choir and celestial keyboards.

About the Artist
Millions have heard the work of New York based producer, musician and composer JASUN MARTZ. He has recorded with MICHAEL JACKSON (his keyboard virtuosity on 'Black or White' appears on five of Jackson's multi-gold & platinumCDs); toured with FRANK ZAPPA and helped arrange STARSHIP'S #1 hit 'We Built This City on Rock and Roll' with Grammy winning producer BILL BOTTRELL (Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynn). Martz is also a contemporary artist and is renowned for his raw expressionist paintings and... read more

Album Description
Long awaited follow-up to the best-selling, critically acclaimed Jasun Martz symphony The Pillory.

The Pillory/The Battle is an experimental, eclectic, contemporary classical, progressive, industrial, ambient collectors edition 2 CD set

Millions have heard the work of New York based producer, musician and composer JASUN MARTZ. He has recorded with MICHAEL JACKSON (his keyboard virtuosity on 'Black or White' appears on five of Jackson's multi-gold & platinumCDs); toured with FRANK ZAPPA and helped arrange STARSHIP'S #1 hit 'We Built This City on Rock and Roll' with Grammy winning producer BILL BOTTRELL (Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynn). Martz is also a contemporary artist and is renowned for his raw expressionist paintings and papier-m‰chŽ sculptures of subway passengers painted in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and London. His artwork and sculpture can be seen at JasunMartz.com

The Intercontinental Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Intercontinental Choir is an international consortium of avant-garde, contemporary classical, rock, industrial, experimental and non-musicians with the common goal of "making a lot of racket." Assembled and led by Jasun Martz, the 115 members of the orchestra recorded their parts for The Pillory/The Battle on virtually every continentÐ in cities in every corner of the globe. Utilizing the highest quality 24-bit digital technology, Martz then imported, manipulated and mixed literally thousands of digital files to create the final work of music. The original cover art is a detail of a drawing created especially for The Pillory releases by French modern master JEAN DUBUFFET

The Pillory / The Battle

The Pillory / The Battle, Music, Jasun Martz, An amazing amalgamation of eclectic, experimental, contemporary classical, progressive, industrial, tribal and ambient featuring long and lush mellotron solos and harsh soundscapes on 2 CDs featuring over 100 musicians and 2 1/2 hours of music., Club/Dance

The Pillory / The Battle
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Jasun continues his wonderful mix of rock/avante guard/ prog explorations.

The Universe Symphony of Everything!

a great result for a great work, 25 years

LIKE NOTHING ELSE YOU HAVE (OR WILL) EVER HEAR!

Great Mellotron/Orchestral work!

The Pillory / The Battle
Jasun Martz
Manufacturer: Under The Asphalt
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007LMM4O
Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

Battle 1
Battle 2
Battle 3
Battle 4
Battle 5
Battle 6
Battle 7

Album Description

Long awaited follow-up to the best-selling, critically acclaimed Jasun Martz symphony The Pillory.

The Pillory/The Battle is an experimental, eclectic, contemporary classical, progressive, industrial, ambient collectors edition 2 CD set

Customer Reviews:

Jasun continues his wonderful mix of rock/avante guard/ prog explorations........2006-07-27

As the others have stated before me, this is quite amazing. It is also quite eclectic, yet molded into a fabulous cohesive work of art. Huge in nature, yet very personal.

The rock sections are perfectly fused into the overall modern classical nature of the music. Jasun seems so comfortable within all of the realms, and proves that inspiration can be perfectly mated with intelligence and education.

Congrats to Jasun and keeping my fingers crossed for the third in the series of The Pillory!

PS - and for something completely different - try Jasun's amazing work of art from his group The Sin Circle - Everyone's An Idiot - modern pop/alternative, but again, a real musician sharing his exploration and talents.

The Universe Symphony of Everything! .......2006-01-20

Shortly after the advent of magnetic recording tape, and, later, the invention of the voltage-controlled synthesizer, there was much made of the "endless possibilities" of those mediums. One could now use the actual sounds, both of instruments and voices as well as "noises", to mold and create one's music. In the case of the electronic synthesizer, it was believed that it could replicate virtually any audible sound and enable it to be used in a musical way hitherto impossible. So what happened to all those "endless possiblilites"? One has to search far and wide to uncover any music that actually fulfills that promise. Much of the musique concrete or electronic music created in that heady time ('50's-'60's) certainly seems to have fallen far short of the dream, except for certain works by Stockhausen, Xenakis, Subotnick and a (very few) others. The reason for this is as simple as it is devastating; as composer Mel Powell put it, the creation of electronic or concrete music "allows camoflage about as generously as does, say, writing madrigals for unaccompanied voices." Not only that, but it also requires a tremendous amount of hard work! The composer and artist Jasun Martz knows this quite well. The amount of work to create, mold, shape, and produce "The Pillory" and "The Pillory/The Battle" was staggering, but he knew well that to accomplish the sublime one must commit to the hard work and devotion necessary to bring the vision into reality. Martz contacted musicians all over the globe, sent them sheet music and instructions, then imported, assembled, arranged, and produced the music, as well as perfoming many parts of his own. The result is a rare and sublimely beautiful cycle of compositions which seem to embrace the whole universe of music and sound. But unlike composers whose reach exceeds their grasp, Martz has kept this all within HUMAN time and perceptual boundaries, so as to be fully comprehended and enjoyed. He did not want the listener to be as staggered by the listening process as he nearly was in creating it. The wealth of music, sound, and overall conception never seems like an "embarassment of riches". The pacing and progression of the individual movements as well as the outlines within the movements are clearly drawn, logical but humanistic. These "Battles" are fought with strategy and forsight...never devolving into insipid ambience on the one hand, or mindless chaos on the other. Martz holds the progression and development of the music firmly within his grasp, but allowing freedom and chance to operate appropriately when needed to balance the stricter elements. The richness of texture and invention invite continued repeated listenings, as there always seems to be just a bit more embedded in the music than a given audition would reveal.
The packaging of this 2-CD set is also superb (Martz is a visual artist as well as a composer and musican), and the price is a bargain to boot.
Now, scroll back up and ORDER it, and hear for yourself!

a great result for a great work, 25 years .......2005-03-06

25 years is the top age for human race ! for this CD it's the same, 25 years after the 1st opus ! This is a real great and hard work with plenty different sources and influences A combination of quiet and loud times in alternation A great pleasure to ear it for the mind, for the body and for enlarge his own culture

LIKE NOTHING ELSE YOU HAVE (OR WILL) EVER HEAR!.......2005-03-03

I have never, ever EVER heard any music and sounds like this before. The music literally grabs a hold of you and will not let go... I am mesmerized by this music!!!
The sounds and noises are brutal and rumbling and amazing... the contemporary classical sections (for a huge, full symphony orchestra) remind me of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps but MUCH wilder and intense... I think it is impossible to fully describe all that goes on in this music other than it is so, SO stunning and even if you hate it you will know you just experienced something very, VERY important. I think this release will be talked about for centuries in University classes as a turning point in music development so you better give a listen so you know what the heck everyone is talking about!

Great Mellotron/Orchestral work!.......2005-03-02

Jasun Martz returned after 25 years with another masterpiece!The Pillory/The battle it's better than The Pillory.With 115 musicians and 2 1/2 hours of great music,this is a masterpiece!Buy it and enjoy this piece of art and music!

JASUN MARTZ The Pillory/The Battle (2 CD SET) (148 minutes)

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JASUN MARTZ The Pillory/The Battle (2 CD SET) (148 minutes)
The Intercontinental Philharmonic Orches
Manufacturer: Under The Asphalt
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000NA22X0
Release Date: 2007-02-07

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