Kurt Doles
Encyclopedia
Kurt Doles is an American
composer
and bass clarinet
ist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments. Sometimes associated with the group of postminimalist California
-based composers represented on the Cold Blue record label run by composer Jim Fox
, he has collaborated with musicians DAC Crowell and Daniel Patrick Quinn
on various improvised, electroacoustic
ambient
recording projects. Mercury, a collaboration with DAC Crowell, was released on Suilven Recordings.
United States
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and bass clarinet
Bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
ist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments. Sometimes associated with the group of postminimalist California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
-based composers represented on the Cold Blue record label run by composer Jim Fox
Jim Fox (composer)
Jim Fox is an American composer, and also founder and director of the recording label Cold Blue. His compositions, often for small and unusual instrumentations , are slow, creating tension and interest through unpredictable change within a generally...
, he has collaborated with musicians DAC Crowell and Daniel Patrick Quinn
Daniel Patrick Quinn
Daniel Patrick Quinn is best known as a British musician, composer, producer and performer. Founder of the experimental Edinburgh-based record label Suilven Recordings which released his own works and that of postminimalist ambient American composers DAC Crowell and Kurt Doles, with whom he also...
on various improvised, electroacoustic
Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...
ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
recording projects. Mercury, a collaboration with DAC Crowell, was released on Suilven Recordings.
External links
- Oregon Festival of American Music '05: Kurt Doles
- Evil Sponge: Review by Lawton of Mercury DAC Crowell & Kurt Doles
- Ambient Music: Suilven Recordings
- Playlouder: Review by L. Turner of Don't Look Down DAC Crowell, Kurt Doles, & Daniel Patrick Quinn
- Sunday Times (London): Review by Stewart Lee of "Don't Look Down"