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Grids, Loops, & Jams

by The Erratic

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  • Own your very own and unique 3 minutes of The Erratic. Exclusive named and numbered 3 minute section from the the full version of Grid #1 (Cello in D Minor) as an MP3. You will be the only person to own this 3 minute section. I will be making sections to order as I receive them. Please send me your email address with your order so I can email you your MP3. It may take a week or so from order to delivery. Once the piece is complete there will be no more for sale. For details of how the track was constructed see the info section for Grid #1 (Cello in D Minor), Track 1 on Grids, Loops, & Jams.

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Grid #1 (Cello in D Minor - Beginning/Middle/End Edit) 09:53
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Grid #2 (Two Metal Gates and a Wind Turbine - 12 Tone) 05:20
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Grid #3 (Synth in C) 04:29
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Loop #1 04:36
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Loop #2 04:56
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Loop #3 02:16
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Loop #4 03:21
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Jam #1 (Synth in C Sharp) 11:20
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Jam #2 (Synth in C) 11:36
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about

Grids, Loops, & Jams wears its influences openly. It is the first release by The Erratic to most purposefully and knowingly apply techniques of composition inspired by my readings of twentieth century modernists such as John Cage & Morton Feldman (whose graphs directly influenced the Grids), minimalists such as Philip Glass & Steve Reich, and electronic music pioneers such as Carl Stone & Terry Riley. Couple this with a close listening of recent albums by Craven Faults, William Basinski, Gas & Biosphere & you'll get a very good idea of what to expect.

I have found, as someone without a real grasp of music theory (I cannot read music and could not tell you the name of a note on hearing it), that reducing composition to the strict application of numbers and patterns (such as in the Grids and the Loops) has resulted in (in my opinion) much stronger musical structures. As pieces of music they are the first that I feel I have "composed", as opposed to just "made up." The Jams on the other hand retain the improvised feel of much of my previous work, although they share with the Grids and the Loops an intentional simplicity, a stripping back and desire for each sound to have its own space, to be fully heard (I could add here another pioneer as an influence, Pauline Oliveros and her concept of Deep Listening).

For many years now, as a visual artist, I have produced collages based on grid systems, and as a writer I have developed and applied many techniques for generating novel texts inspired by twentieth century modernism. The Grids on this album (and to a lesser extent the Loops) are for me the first time I have successfully found a way to do in music what I have been doing in art and writing for some time. It feels to me therefore that with this album I have finally succeeded in bringing all three of my creative disciplines into line. The artist/writer/musician is finally whole and the work can now really begin.

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released February 23, 2021

Written, Performed, Recorded & Mixed by CJ Robinson, at 2 North End, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, between December 2020 & February 2021. It is The Erratic's third lockdown project.

The artwork is stolen from the internet. If anyone recognises the artist please tell me so I can credit them.

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