Cantus, Descant
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The new Sarah Davachi record is an 80-minute, 17 track double album meditation on impermanence and endings, framed by minimalistic organ Ć©tudes and careful harmonic layering. On two tracks the artistās own vocals are also heard for the first time. This is the first release on the artistās own label, Late Music.
The title of the record - āCantus, Descantā - has both literal and metaphorical meaning and is something of a concept album that addresses the relationship between the two. In medieval music, the Latin ācantusā was used as a general term for unadorned singing or chant and by the end of the Middle Ages it came to represent the highest voice of a polyphonic choral texture, often improvised. āDescantā, at that time, was used in part to denote the structures of polyphony and counterpoint, the harmonious play of two or more voices against one another. The instrumentation is predominantly organ-based, a combination of electric organ, reed organ and a pipe organ based on a 15th Century design. These arrangements are embellished with tape-based technologies like the Mellotron and echo devices.
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Includes MP3 download of album
The new Sarah Davachi record is an 80-minute, 17 track double album meditation on impermanence and endings, framed by minimalistic organ Ć©tudes and careful harmonic layering. On two tracks the artistās own vocals are also heard for the first time. This is the first release on the artistās own label, Late Music.
The title of the record - āCantus, Descantā - has both literal and metaphorical meaning and is something of a concept album that addresses the relationship between the two. In medieval music, the Latin ācantusā was used as a general term for unadorned singing or chant and by the end of the Middle Ages it came to represent the highest voice of a polyphonic choral texture, often improvised. āDescantā, at that time, was used in part to denote the structures of polyphony and counterpoint, the harmonious play of two or more voices against one another. The instrumentation is predominantly organ-based, a combination of electric organ, reed organ and a pipe organ based on a 15th Century design. These arrangements are embellished with tape-based technologies like the Mellotron and echo devices.
