New UEM Video: Part 2 of a 3 Movent Piece Recorded @ ResBox 8/20/09

William Harrington, Andy Sykora, and Jasmine Orpilla at Resbox, The Steve Allen Theater, 8/20/09. Part 2 of a 3 movement piece.

Several months ago, we were invited to present a musical performance at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood as part of the ResBox series.

During rehearsal, Jasmine noticed a magazine I had from the '70s that outlined the atrocities committed by Idi Amin. We decided to use that text as the "libretto" for the piece. As the piece evolved, I decided to break it up into 3 sections (or movements). Sections 1 & 3 had Andy on electronics, Jasmine on voice and me on synths. Section 2 is acoustic. Andy switched to gongs and percussion and I switched to soprano saxophone. Jasmine remained on voice. The sections were timed - 10, 5, 15 minutes. The synth patches and scales (equal and just intonation) were worked out during rehearsal. Other than that, the entire piece was improvised.