Stephen Vitiello - Soundtracks for Andrew Deutsch '2023

Tracks list

Over the last 25 years, Andrew and I have collaborated in various ways.
We’ve made music together, and I’ve done soundtracks for countless
videos and animations that he has produced.

Andrew was the first person to introduce me to modular synthesizers. I remember
buying a Doepfer system in 2005 after a visit to Alfred University where Andrew
is a professor.

Andrew tends to email out of the blue - a link to download a clip, sending
little explanation, a minute or so of processed images and maybe a note to ask
me if I’d work on some sonic accompaniment. The incoming clips are
generally layered images, mostly abstract with something recognizable peering
through, produced via varying processes of video synthesis (analog and digital)
that I cannot decipher. I tend to respond quickly and now, similarly, listening
back to my soundtracks, I have very little memory of how these pieces were made.

I don’t believe I’ve ever composed to a finished video. Andrew
sends me what feels like an idea-in-progress and I respond with my own felt
response. Nothing is meant to be fully synchronized. Most importantly, nothing
should ever be descriptive - sound not describing image, image not describing
sound.

With that said, I am hoping these are works that can be enjoyed even if one
hasn’t seen the videos, even if the tracks would not have been made
without the prompt of Andrew’s images. Embedded in these sound works are
performers who always become collaborators. Molly, Jane, Andrew, Jax, Danny, all
bring something unexpected, and to my mind, surprising and generous.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Stephen Vitiello - Press (Slight Variation) (4:03)
1.02 - Stephen Vitiello - Elastic Mirrors (6:04)
1.03 - Stephen Vitiello - Organic Transport (7:04)
1.04 - Stephen Vitiello - From Maine to Birdsall (4:44)
1.05 - Stephen Vitiello - Encaustic Light (5:53)
1.06 - Stephen Vitiello - Peaceful Use of the Atom (6:40)
1.07 - Stephen Vitiello - During Sleep (5:39)
1.08 - Stephen Vitiello - Memory Echo (for Pauline Oliveros) (6:47)
1.09 - Stephen Vitiello - Sighing Like a Sleeper (Freeze) (6:05)
1.10 - Stephen Vitiello - Phony Transparency (6:07)

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