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Michael Thomas Jackson - 8136

from EC Split 11 by Walter Wright / Michael Thomas Jackson

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completed September 26 2020

On the first anniversary of the passing of Ann Mallett comes this study of an interval in various settings from just a few voices. A slightly flatted major third (almost just?) intoned by human voice, B flat clarinet and two synthesizers combine with the incidental noise of home at Knexiho Studio in Winston-Salem, NC, USA, and the location near Reynolda Gardens where her ashes were scattered in the same city.
It was more than a privilege to live with and help care for Ann. Even as her dementia grew worse, we could still find topics about which to laugh and ridicule, as she loathed the last president elect of her lifetime and my cooking is often mediocre. She adored her great-grandson and at least most of our pets. She wasn’t crazy about my music, but was fascinated by my clarinet practicing and how I laid out manuscript paper all over the dining room table in between meals.
Every culture has a third of some shape close to this one; it’s the calling home…it’s comfort I suppose. I’ve used it horizontally for decades, so here I’ve decided to employ it vertically and yes very sloppily, keeping the environmental sounds as relevant and the microtonal nuances as I do.
To help organize the various recordings I consulted the I-Wright-Ching using only Walter-sided coins. It is dedicated to Ann’s direct descendants Geni, Kathleen and Jackson. Love.

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from EC Split 11, released October 10, 2020

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