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The Warrior Weeps I: L's L was designed and composed in the composer's studio, in Berlin in the summer-winter of 2006. This electroacoustic composition is dedicated to the memory of Horris Miller (twin-relative, friend -|- 2001?).

character and performance:

The Warrior Weeps I: L's L is a "pure audio" composition (PA Compositions) for stereo solo tape, performed from a professional audio storage medium.

The Warrior Weeps I: L's L is a musical adventure which takes place in an aesthetically contrived musical acoustic space, one populated both by sonic memories, essential musical necessities and structural sonic coincidence.

This adventure was conceived and realized in this precise space, as electro-acoustic music, for it invites a kind of intimate emotional expression, exchange and contemplation which is incompatible with traditional musical environments (forms, styles, harmonies, melodies, grooves, rhythms and beats) because of historical (which includes commercial) and social predispositions.

Within this special musical space high/low, fast/slow, loud/soft, close/distant, warm/cold, delicate/harsh, etc. are not bound by the compromising laws and whims of mass and inertia, as is the case with moving keys, bows, mallets, strings, reeds, wind columns, flesh, etc.

This compositional adventure was developed to embody, to inspire and to facilitate a visual choreography enacted through the interpreted medium (like electro-acoustic music – EAM) of abstract or contrived moving-imagery.

general: Some Electroacoustic Basics

This music is created to be listened to on large "full-frequency" sound-systems with precision subwoofers.

This music is not intended to be listened to on "computer mini-speakers", with or without a subwoofer, as few are designed for high-fidelity.

It is not intended to be listened to with headphones, as much of the spatial "distance" detail is lost and THE DANGER OF DAMAGING YOUR EARS IS VERY REAL.

This music is not compressed, nor normalized (for those of you who know what that means), as doing either would minimize the degrees of subtleness to every level of acoustic detail.

Consequently, the volume on your sound-system has to be turned up "relatively" high to make the extremely quiet sounds audible; accordingly, the loudest sounds will, likely, be startlingly loud. These extreme contrasts allow for profound shades of emotional expressions and will push your sound-system to the extremes.

You are STRONGLY ADVISED to gradually experiment with increasing the volume from below YOUR NORMAL LISTENING LEVEL, until you find the point at which the music "works" (brilliant imaging and refined detail) without rattling or destroying your system. You may also want to reduce the bass at first (from "no boost") and gradually return it to "no boost" or slightly raised, experimenting for "earthiness", to protect your bass speakers.

This music has been performed on systems from modest to high-powered, WITHOUT DOING DAMAGE.

Thusly, listen to this music AT YOUR OWN RISK; I CAN NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR EARS OR YOUR SOUND-SYSTEM!