Two Thirds Again, on all streaming platforms from february 27th, 2023

    Two Thirds Again will be available on all streaming platforms from Monday, February 27^th, 2023. Its a piece that seems to have grown in depth after being given a period of hibernation. Now and again, writers and artists have advised me to put new work away and leave it for a few months, if only to return to it with a fresh ear or eye. I took that advice, and found something in it I hadn't seen before after letting it rest. 

    In sculpture, you might leave something to 'cure' over time, to harden or set. In metal, you might leave it to patinate or rust, allowing the piece to interact with its environment, even though it is in other ways finished.

    Words and music are no different. They are materials and ideas that become separate from you, and time has its own effect on the final piece. In a way, it never stops changing.

If you'd like to hear the piece before it hits the streaming services, it is on Bandcamp and you can find it at the link below.    (there's an opportunity to purchase the download there too)

About Two Thirds Again

"A hollow wind stretches through the imagination, sweeping a series of notes into the background of being."

Two Thirds Again is the second composition in the Ambient Year series, and is being reissued here to celebrate its becoming available on all streaming services.

The 56 minute musical work concentrates on a combination of acoustic instrumentation and rhythmic chordal changes with gentle sine wave vibrato.

For those interested in the tech side of things: the recording took place in two takes. First came the electronic ambient track making an original hour long composition – using a Roland Juno DX (thanks H).

The second track was improvised around the ambient recording using my old Cramer upright which, though not a well known make of piano, had a beautiful resonance and sensitive touch.

I hope you enjoy the musical meditation.

Cheers

macd

Things been said:

"He has such a breadth of creative endeavors. We've got that more conventional piano sound, experimenting with the piano while also surrounded by analogue and digital tech gadgetry, as well as working in performance art and film. It's like narrative without words."

Sarah Gosling, BBC Radio 6

“I love it – just kind of dream like – snapshots of sounds and motifs going round like some kind of slightly unhinged music box.”

Elizabeth Alker, The Unclassified Show, BBC Radio 3

link

https://macdunlop.bandcamp.com/track/two-thirds-again