The Rite Of Spring

The Rite Of Spring
Label: Galapagos4/Alabaster77
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 708509770126
EAN: 0708509770126
ASIN: B00020KC06


Release Date: 2004-04-06

The Rite Of Spring


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Tracks:

  1. Introduction
  2. The Augers Of Spring: Dances Of The Young Girls
  3. Ritual Of Abduction
  4. Spring Rounds
  5. Ritual Of The Two Rival Tribes
  6. Procession Of The Sage
  7. The Sage
  8. Dance Of The Earth
  9. Introduction
  10. Mystic Circles Of The Young Girls
  11. The Naming And Honoring Of The Chosen One
  12. Evocation Of The Ancestors
  13. Ritual Action Of The Ancestors
  14. Sacrifcial Dance (The Chosen One)

Tracks:

  1. Round We Go
  2. Ancestral Transition
  3. Adoration Of The Sacrifice
  4. Rival Ritual
  5. The Mystery Of Young Girls
  6. Mystic Earth Adoration
  7. Ancestoral Evocation
  8. Ritual Glorification Rounds
  9. Sage Abduction
  10. Round Rival
  11. Ritual Sacrificial
  12. Chosen Sage
  13. Dance Glorification
  14. Young Earth Rival

Album Description

Spring is finally upon us. With this seasonal change comes the next evolution of Galapagos4: Alabaster. A division of Galapagos4, Alabaster is dedicated to releasing live and experimental records, along with collaborations between Galapagos4 producers/MCs and live groups based in Chicago. <P>The first release is a two-disc set which contains an interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" by Chicago's very own The Butchershop Quartet and a full-length remix collaboration between Galapagos4's Offwhyte, Meaty Ogre, Maker, White Lightning & Mestizo. The story of Stravinsky's infamous 1913 Paris premier (on the eve of World War I) may be considered more well-known than the actual music, yet this piece is still heralded as the most important piece of classical music of the 20th Century. The Butchershop Quartet explores this idea with a bittersweet adaptation conveying the ambience and ominous feel of Stravinsky's composition. <P>It started out as a `college dorm-room daydream'. In 1998, Chicago musicians Dylan Posa (drums - of Cheer Accident, The Flying Luttenbachers, Brise-Glace and Bobby Conn), Rob Bochnik (guitar - of The Frames Nad Navillus, Garden Bower and Nina Nastasia ), Dan Sullivan (guitar - of Nad Navillus and Songs: Ohia), and Rob Sullivan (bass - of Nad Navillus and Songs: Ohia) came together to work on transcribing Stravinsky¹s masterpiece for two guitars, a bass, and drums - a "traditional rock band." After two years of rehearsing and performing, "The Rite of Spring" opening for such notable acts as: Low and The Breeders, Nina Nastasia at the Knitting Factory (NYC) and Cheer Accident, the BSQ headed into record their work. In the spirit of all great Chicago rock bands, the BSQ went to the legendary Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studios in 2002. Recording in the Electric Audio environment helped capture the pure power and the intense nature of the piece, performed in a traditional rock line-up. The recording highlights The BSQ's meticulous and faithful approach to their rendition. The group's Knitting Factory appearance led the Julie Atlas Muz Dance Company to have them perform as accompaniment to the dance ensemble's show at the 2004 Whitney Biennial. This has led to a number of performances scheduled for the East Coast in early spring. <P>Included with The BSQ's earnest interpretation is a second disc containing something far more abstract. Galapagos4 presented The Butchershop's recording to it's stable of artists as source material for a collaborative album of remixes. Producers Meaty Ogre, Maker, and DJ White Lighting/Royce, along with MCs Offwhyte, Mestizo, and Andre, accepted the challenge, creating their a new interpretation of "The Rite." A moody, chill yet dark record showcasing classic Chicago hip hop production and revolutionary rhymes. Drawing inspiration from the history surrounding "The Rite" Offwhyte and Mestizo deliver raw ominous rhymes, foreshadowing the continuing instability, fear and chaos in this early part of the 21st Century. The producers create a lush, jazz like ambience through driving beats, experimental drums and inventive compositions of samples from the BSQ's record. This combination of artists, whose common Chicago style work ethic and aesthetic, create a brilliant adaptation of this historically important piece of music and help to introduce it to a new generation of rock and hip hop fans.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars what a disappointment.......2005-04-13

how do you take one of the most intense and aggressive pieces of music written in the past 100 years and turn it into something this dull and boring - i guess it would take 2 years of preparation to suck the fire out of it - and disc 2, the electronic reworking? forget it - muzak has more movement and energy than this - lame - stravinsky laughs at you all

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