"Sojourn of the Face" bass clarinet duo-Alanna Benoit & Julia Lougheed; Cornelius Boots (composer)

Sonoran Swamprats perform at Root & Riffcraft Recital at Glendale Community College in Phoenix, Arizona hosted by Dr. Stefanie Gardner and funded by an MCCD Grant.
Buy this piece:
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Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet
https://edmundwelles.bandcamp.com/

Sheet music:
https://corneliusboots.com/compositio...
More information about robot bass clarinet (electric bass clarinet) and Cornelius Boots:
http://corneliusboots.com/projects/ro...

the single-reed conspiracy:
From 1996-2014, EDMUND WELLES was transmuting many musical styles into bass clarinet quartet form. The single-reed conspiracy has at its disposal the following devices culled from the world of heavy metal music: a thickness of tone, a density of texture, absolute rhythmic precision, and the extreme use of dynamic contrasts. The bass clarinet: a synergy of designs from all saxophones and clarinets, themselves the culmination of hundreds of years of single-reed instrument evolution. A four-and-a-half octave voice, multiplied into four equal parts and breathing together to create a dense, pulsing sound capable of expressing and reflecting the full range of human emotions.

There was no precedent for a wind-based ensemble such as this attempting to build these massive bridges between avant jazz, new music, black metal and classic rock.