Pentecost (2013) by scottblasco published on 2013-10-17T19:23:56Z 2013, fixed media Over the last several years, I have worked to simplify my music as much as possible--at first from a desire to avoid cluttering it up with "extra notes," and increasingly out of an impulse to get down to the most basic, essential idea I can. Pentecost is one manifestation of that drive. Its genesis lies in the contemplation of a handmade tapestry I own, a deep blue field divided by two interlocking grids of white lines. My first quick sketches--wavering pencil on blank paper--tried to take in too much; but, as I pared it down, I came to a band of interweaving lines moving across the page, individual and yet one gesture. The title Pentecost refers to both the event and the feast in Christian tradition: the descent of tongues of flame onto the heads of a waiting, wondering band of disciples. The weaving lines of my sketches circle and descend, a moment suspended in time, imagined in sound. (the present version of Pentecost is a stereo remix based on an octophonic remix I did in February 2014, replacing the original stereo file from October 2013) Genre Electroacoustic Comment by Kirill Polyanskiy listening to this once a day before bed now 2014-02-09T07:51:22Z Comment by davishill Really love this piece. 2013-11-14T01:40:31Z Comment by irunak fantastic work Scott:) 2013-10-25T18:15:20Z Comment by Brian Padavic This is great, Scott. 2013-10-20T06:32:16Z