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Listen: Olivia Block composition excerpts

September 2013

Stream two exclusive excerpts from Karren, a new work by Chicago based composer and sound artist, Olivia Block. Karren is reviewed in The Wire 356 by Bill Meyer.

Block says: "Karren is a two movement electroacoustic orchestral composition. The first movement, "Foramen Magnum", is created from heavily processed field recordings taken from orchestral rehearsals and various public locations, including museums and zoos. The second movement, "Opening Night", is a layered orchestral score performed by the Chicago Composer’s Orchestra, with whom I recorded and worked for several years in order to complete this project."

Karren is out now on Sedimental Records.