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Larum (Micah Frank & Chet Doxas) presents: O Choruscans

atmosperic and enveloping

Ahead of their new LP’s release next week, Larum shares "O Choruscans”- a meditative, almost spiritual track that sees layers of woodwinds & subtle electronics layered to create an omnipotent backdrop

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From Larum, the woodwind and electronics duo of Chet Doxas and Puremagnetik founder and chief Micah Frank, the recording is the group’s latest installment in their ongoing exploration of the timeless qualities and contemporary possibilities found in the work of Medieval abbess, theologian, mystic, and composer Hildegard von Bingen. The Music of Hildegard von Bingen, Part Two will be available April 11th, the follow up to 2022’s The Music of Hildegard von Bingen which featured the stand out “Ave Maria” collaboration with Mary Lattimore.

Following the Bill Orcutt collaboration “O Virga Mediatrix,” and collaboration with South Korean cellist/improviser Okkyung Lee "O orzchis ecclesia”, today they share the new single "O Choruscans” — a meditative, almost spiritual track that sees layers of woodwinds and subtle electronics layered to create an omnipotent backdrop. 

What Frank and Doxas are getting at, and what connects contemporary synthesizers and woodwind instruments to a 12th century composer, is that things like counterpoint and the Medieval cantus firmus, a repeated phrase that is a bed for further musical exploration, may have ancient origins but are as musically useful and relevant as recording tape and Puremagnetik’s music software tools. Larum aren’t reinterpreting on Bingen, they’re using her ideas and techniques to create new music, and to show that her work is timeless. Larum’s takę on Hildegard von Bingen’s music intertwines musique concrète, dub, field recordings, and free jazz, creating an ambitious, forward-looking sonic narrative.

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Larum (Micah Frank & Chet Doxas) presents: O Virga Mediatrix

The track also featuring Bill Orcutt

It's a sonic experimental guitar heaven

From Larum, the woodwind and electronics duo of Chet Doxas and Puremagnetik founder and chief Micah Frank, the recording is the group’s latest installment in their ongoing exploration of the timeless qualities and contemporary possibilities found in the work of Medieval abbess, theologian, mystic, and composer Hildegard von Bingen. The Music of Hildegard von Bingen, Part Two will be available April 11th, the follow up to 2022’s The Music of Hildegard von Bingen which featured the stand out “Ave Maria” collaboration with Mary Lattimore.

What Frank and Doxas are getting at, and what connects contemporary synthesizers and woodwind instruments to a 12th century composer, is that things like counterpoint and the Medieval cantus firmus, a repeated phrase that is a bed for further musical exploration, may have ancient origins but are as musically useful and relevant as recording tape and Puremagnetik’s music software tools. Larum aren’t reinterpreting on Bingen, they’re using her ideas and techniques to create new music, and to show that her work is timeless. Larum’s takę on Hildegard von Bingen’s music intertwines musique concrète, dub, field recordings, and free jazz, creating an ambitious, forward-looking sonic narrative.

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For the new single “O Virga Mediatrix,” Larum taps the distinct guitar stylings of Bill Orcutt, best known for the seminal no wave/punk/free jazz outfit Harry Pussy. Orcutt’s driving, crunchy attack adds more than color to the first single—with Frank’s enveloping sonic bed, and Doxas’ gentle winds, Orcutt seems to be calling out from the deep past, demanding attention.

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Junction [Micah Frank][2011]

Sonification of data from the movement of cabs on New York intersections captured with security cameras / Sound sculpure / Fixed Media

Available at: <https://micahfrank.bandcamp.com/track/junction>. 

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Tectonic [Micah Frank][2011]

Sonification of seismic data from earthquakes around the world / fixed media / music album

Available at: https://soundcloud.com/micahfrank/tectonic