Editorial Reviews When Scott Smallwood was 10 years old, he received his first tape recorder, and ever since he has been fascinated by the possibilities of recorded sound. Traditionally trained as a pianist and composer, Smallwood has at various times found himself composing concert music, improvising in free-music contexts, recording and manipulating field recordings, and making dance music. He is active as a composer/performer with several New York-based ensembles, including Nyquist, Brown Cuts Neighbors, and Evidence. He has also been active as an organizer and presenter of experimental music, and is founder of the Impulse Response performance series in Troy, NY. Out of Town, the first full-length release by Evidence, features five structured improvisations recorded on stage and in the studio. Based on field recordings made during a road trip during the summer of 2002, each composition explores the acoustic and timbral eccentricities specific to each location. These are sculpted into a mix of rolling ambient planes, textural sound puzzles, articulated noises, and polyrhythmic whirlwinds, revealing and redesigning the microscopic intricacies and larger shapes of the carefully recorded soundscapes.
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About the Artist
Sound artist Stephan Moore makes audio work for the stage, gallery, screen, and in the studio. His creations often center around the collection and use of real-world sound, the creation and perception of sonic environments, and technological manifestations of improvisation and interactivity. He performs regularly as half of the electronic duo Evidence, and with a wide variety of musicians, video artists, and dancers. A major series of recent sound art installations and performances uses a sixteen-channel array of hand-built hemispherical speakers. A designer of custom performance software and hardware for a number of composers and artists, he also teaches sound art and electronic music at the Massachusetts College of Art, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Simon's Rock College.
Album Description
Sound artists Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood began performing as the duo Evidence in 2001. Focusing on the universe of real-world sound, Evidence pours field recordings like water into their compositional and improvisational process, resulting in music that balances between tight organization and unregulated flow. Using recording equipment, laptops, and other electronic devices, Evidence creates music that deals with gradual change, improvised over time, sometimes atmospheric, sometimes pulsating, always texturally striking and unique. Resisting classification into a single genre, Evidence is equally at home performing in experimental venues, clubs, galleries, planetariums, and rooftops.