Liner notes
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GEODESIUM Double Eclipse
Double Eclipse, the second GEODESIUM album, was produced in 1981. NASA used some of the selections during its TV coverage of the Voyager Encounters at Saturn and Uranus. It consists of nine electronically-realized musical compositions. Of the five original works, one is a clever bouncy tune featuring two electronic "dancers" and a synthesizer rock drummer. Two space-music-style pieces musically explore the inter-galactic reaches. Another work is a driving and intense rocker, and one is the world's first electronic-disco-bluegrass combination — a real toe-tapper! There are four transcriptions: J. S. Bach and Johannes Pachelbel for the classical music enthusiast, and two contemporary works by Wilke Renwick and W. Francis McBeth.
Until 1999, the album was available only as a vinyl LP. But we've remastered it for those GEODESIUM fans desiring a complete collection. Plus, we've added a bonus track not on the original album, a 6-minute piece called Lightspell. First recorded as entrance music for the 1980 version of the planetarium show "Light Years From Andromeda," only a couple dozen copies were distributed, so it's a rarity!
The CD-R is a conventional Red Book audio CD, which should play fine in most CD players. The disc is not a data CD containing .WAV or .MP3 files.
HEAR IT HERE!
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1. Night Tripper
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A driving, intense rocker, introducing the GEODESIUM drummer.
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2. Voyager
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Space music at its best, with floating melodies and ethereal chords.
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3. Fugue in G Major ("The Jig")
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A faithful "orchestration" of this Bach favorite.
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4. Double Eclipse
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A haunting description of the mysterious, heavenly spectacle of a total solar eclipse.
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5. Masque
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A 36-track realization of the score to W. Francis McBeth's contemporary classic.
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6. Dance on the Sun
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GEODESIUM in "rock band" form; a happy, bouncy tune with an improvised "jam session."
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7. Canon in D
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Pachelbel's famous chamber music work, heard with the unique clarity of the synthesizer orchestra.
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8. Dance for Brass Quintet
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A quick, odd-metered dance by contemporary composer Wilke Renwick.
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9. Cosmic Cannonball
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The world's only electronic-disco-bluegrass combo, complete with git-down banjo pickin' from noted banjoist Eric Holle.
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CD Bonus Track:
10. Lightspell
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A sequencer-based, moving space music flight, in the style of Voyager.
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