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Geoffrey Armes Production Work
New York, USA www.geoffreyarmes.com [contact]
UK born Geoffrey Armes is a multi-instrumentalist producer and arranger currently resident in New York City. You can hear samples of recent work created in his Village Recording studio below. For more on Geoffrey's work see www.GeoffreyArmes.com. Production philosophy? To create a safely adventurous creative acoustic space so that a kind of spontaneous ordering of sonic inspiration can take place. Meaning: make some good sounds.
Project: Berlin Danceworks
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1. Eleven Fours 3:54 Min 4.46 Mb
“ (bpm 98 4/4) ”
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2. It Bounces 2:31 Min 2.88 Mb
“(bpm 115 4/4) Lots of little warm up pulses. Helen’s phrases are: 4 counts to roll down, 16 counts to bounce, 4 counts to roll up, 4 counts to transition to the next position. This repeats three times. There is an improvised musical coda at the end for stretching, breathing, or changing groups. ”
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3. Breathe 1:58 Min 2.25 Mb
“(bpm 105 4/4) Helen says: 8 count introduction. Followed by 8 eights. After 4 eights the music implies the possibility of moving “double time”. There is a musical tag at the end. ”
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4. Swing Dub 3:16 Min 3.73 Mb
“ (120 bpm 6/8) 4 measure intro. Helen says: The two kick drums are the “ready, and”; the “go” is the guitar strum. There are 8 threes of reaching and stretching arms overhead legs in parallel, 4 threes to push arms down, contract and curl on 5, release and reach arms up 7, 8. Then you have 8 threes to swing. This repeats three times. There is a musical coda at the end for balancing. Phrased for Helen’s warm-up swings. Can be heard as 6/8 or 3/4. ”
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5. Long and Open 3:56 Min 4.5 Mb
“(126 bpm 4/4) First four measures are a count. Then it fits an opening exercise. Helen says: This music was designed for a long, languid, connected, opening seated floor exercise. ”
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6. Opening Three 4:00 Min 4.58 Mb
“(bpm 106) In 3/4; Helen notes: This music was designed for a seated floor exercise that is more staccato. ”
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7. Rollover You Pushup 1:47 Min 2.03 Mb
“(bpm 120) Can be heard in 3/4 or 6/8. ”
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8. Saturday Child 3:45 Min 4.29 Mb
“Programme syntax won't recognise an apostrophe in a title 'Saturday's Child'. (120 bpm) 4/4 Ametric; good for ankle circles, stretches; see video. ”
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9. Tendue Dub 3:00 Min 3.43 Mb
“(173 bpm 4/4) Once round the phrase, then you start with the piano. ”
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10. Stau 4:52 Min 5.57 Mb
“(bpm 132) 4/4; suggested use: adagio traveling across the floor. Original title DC - NYC -- it came out of a series of night drives between the two cities, and originally featured more club percussion styling and synths -- this dub strips back to the more interesting elements, and hints at a slower pace, hence ‘stau’ - traffic jam. ”
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11. Djebre 2:17 Min 2.61 Mb
“(100 bpm) 4/4; a lot of pick up before each ‘one’. Helen says: percussive seated foldings with legs outstretched. ”
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12. Piano Fifteen 2:48 Min 3.2 Mb
“(bpm 102) Three sets in 4/4; good for adagio or plies. Includes two short periods of silence for the dancers to count themselves through. ”
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13. Little One 2:59 Min 3.4 Mb
“ (120 bpm) Good for traveling runs, small jumps, foot work, traveling grand battements. Featuring some very big expensive sounds fed through very cheap small speakers. ”
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14. Nine 6:17 Min 7.19 Mb
“(154 bpm) Phrased in three measure groups; i.e., it can be heard as 3/4 or 9/4. ”
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15. Wahbuka 3:41 Min 4.22 Mb
“(115 bpm) 4/4; speedy little drum, petite allegro. A distinctive traditional sound fed through some modern processing. ”
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16. Combination 6:12 Min 7.08 Mb
“(120 bpm) 4/4; in four eights with a fifth eight for transition. Count one phrase before starting. There’s a cymbal ‘ting’ at the beginning of each phrase, except the transition phrase. Helen says: check out the video. There’s a relaxed improvisational feel to the lyrical coda that evolves from jazz tinged piano and marimba into something far more electronic and abstract in character. ”
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17. Twenty Seven 2:04 Min 2.36 Mb
“(bpm 126) 4/4; Helen says: try it with traveling contractions through second position. ”
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18. I Walk To School 3:40 Min 4.2 Mb
“ (97 bpm) 4/4 ”
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19. Strings FM 2:00 Min 2.29 Mb
“ (120 bpm) 4/4 ”
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20. Helen 3:09 Min 3.6 Mb
“ Ametric. This portrait is an improvised first take. ”
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21. Bass and Pianos 3:41 Min 4.21 Mb
“ (bpm 114) 4/4. ”
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22. Bells 3:54 Min 4.46 Mb
“(bpm 143) 4/4 ”
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23. April Eighth 4:03 Min 4.63 Mb
“(bpm 99) 4/4 ”
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24. PiaScape 3:24 Min 3.89 Mb
“Bonus ”
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