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Rail Station 021 – “Overpass”
– is a stop along its newly-evolving underground network.
And “Paris: A Musical Overpass”
(Day 021) expresses a cinematic quality that creates vivid images
of transition, through intervals-based chord sequences.
From the opposing movements of the aggressive “Le 7eme,”
to the orchestral ambience of “Gare De Lyon,” and
post-minimalist flourishes of urban subway anxiety on such pieces
as “Metro Ligne no. 8” and “La Banlieue,”
composer Eric Scott
creates a tension which, at once, introduces new elements of
both mystery and intrigue.
Unlike soundtracks which depend primarily upon visuals, “Paris”
constructs a narrative which carries the listener upon a new
journey; “Le 7eme” chases time signatures up the
Right Bank, and into one of the artier zones – “a
neighborhood I would choose for myself.” A self-contained
proposition of over two dozen miniatures, “Paris”
unfolds upon many levels across repeated listening – a
seductive and imaginative companion piece to a city.
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