Russ Lossing - Alternate Side Parking Music '2023

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Honk (08:02)
2. Cloned (05:16)
3. Next 3 Km (09:44)
4. Move It Over (05:52)
5. Parallel Park (05:26)
6. Double Park (09:23)
7. Rainy Ramadan (07:27)
8. Meter Maid (09:11)
9. Cloned Again (05:45)
10. Turn (04:35)


 more‘Honk’: This piece was inspired by the cacophony of honking
with so many layers of rhythms. I captured the spirit of it by composing bass
lines that occur without relation to the melody, a compositional concept that I
call “Transparent Composition”.
‘Cloned’: This composition refers to the parking enforcement
officers, who put in mind clones; expressionless robots dressed all in brown. I
re-animated one little melodic “clone” from a Schoenberg piano piece
in the creation of this piece.
‘Next 3 km’: Another example of “Transparent
Composition”. Bass lines are moving in various tempi while the melody
lines move independently. All tempos are flexible and the players have freedom
to make individual choices.
‘Move it Over’ is inspired by the moment when all of the
double-parked cars move over to the other side of the street as the street
cleaning machine passes; a funny little rhythmic dance.
‘Parallel Park’ reflects the intricacies of squeezing into a spot
with two inches in front and two inches in back of your car. An art that all
“seasoned street parkers” possess. This piece is just nine measures
long, but it’s a tricky rhythm.
‘Double Park’ was inspired by the boredom involved in sitting in
your car for an hour and a half. One must adopt a zen-like attitude and get into
a groove to endure it.
‘Rainy Ramadan’: One day I went down to the street to move my car
and no one had moved over. I found out that it was Ramadan and alternate-side
parking was suspended. This is always a happy discovery so I went up to my
apartment and composed this little piece. It was raining.
‘Meter Maid’ is an intricate multi-metered rhythmic dance played in
unison. Later, the bass takes up a 70s era-inspired funk groove. But everything
is optional. Each player is free to choose what and when to play and all tempos
are flexible.
‘Cloned Again’ is ‘Cloned’, again. This is another
take of Cloned. I composed the music for this album without any set arrangements
to give the players full autonomy. I like to let the band members decide what to
do and when to do it so their creative imaginations are unfettered. Therefore,
this version of ’Cloned’ is quite different from the previous
take.
‘Turn’ is the very first song that I wrote in my car on the street
in front of my Manhattan apartment. It’s a rhythmic puzzle consisting of
an expanding form: a 13- beat cycle which adds two beats with each repeat: 13,
15, 17 and 19 beats.

- Russ Lossing 



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