Carbon (23) – Twistmap

Label:	Ear-Rational Records – ECD 1029
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Germany
Released:	1991
Genre:	Electronic, Jazz
Style:	Free Improvisation, Experimental

Tracklist

1	Twistmap Cello – Mary Wooten Strings – Soldier String Quartet* Viola – Ron Lawrence Violin [First] – Laura Seaton Violin [Second] – David Soldier	11:03
2	Shapeshifters Cello – Mary Wooten Strings – Soldier String Quartet* Viola – Ron Lawrence Violin [First] – Laura Seaton Violin [Second] – David Soldier	8:25
3	Ferrous Performer – Carbon (23) Performer [Hammerpan] – Dale Gordon Performer [Pantar, Slab] – David Fulton Performer [Pantar] – Elliott Sharp Performer [Slab] – Jane Tomkiewicz Performer [Violinoid] – David Soldier	18:49
4	String Of Strings Sampler [Buchla "thunder" Midi-controller] – Elliott Sharp	10:37

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Baby Monster Studios
Mixed At – Baby Monster Studios
Manufactured By – CDT Berlin

Credits

Composed By, Producer – Elliott Sharp
Design – Janene Higgins
Engineer – Bryce Goggin
Photography By [E#] – Cherie Nutting
Photography By [Ferrous Instruments] – Myra Koob

Notes

"Twistmap" composed in January of 1991, is a set of shifting terrains for the Soldier String Quartet to navigate. All structural elements are through-composed with improvisation yielding selected areas of transformation as well as solos for all players.
"Shapeshifters" is a soundtrack to an imaginary werewolf (or possibly other were-thing) film. Also composed in January of 1991, it uses core melodic and rhythmic material to serve as the catalytic surface for the Quartet's actions.
"Ferrous" a "detrious symphony", was composed for a five-person version of Carbon using only instruments designed/built by the composer. It was premiered at the Knitting Factory's Handmade Instrument Festival in November 1989 with the composer conducting and performing on pantar.
"String Of Strings" an improvisation to manipulate samples of slabs: overtone loops, hammered grooves, slides, boings, hits, scrapes and rumbles.

Recorded and mixed at Baby Monster Studio, May 18/ June 13 1991

Cover photography - "Region of Close Contact Between Two Cells in the Lining of the Frog's Small Intestine"

Publishing/Copyright - Zoar Music - BMI

Made in West-Germany