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Three Pieces for Upper Partial Tones

by Radboud Mens

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RADBOUD MENS – THREE PIECES FOR UPPER PARTIAL TONES
I’m afraid I was not sure what upper partial tones are, and there is no explanation on the release page on this albums background. So, usually that’s where Wikipedia comes to the rescue: “An overtone is a partial (a “partial wave” or “constituent frequency”) that can be either a harmonic partial (a harmonic) other than the fundamental, or an inharmonic partial. A harmonic frequency is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. An inharmonic frequency is a non-integer multiple of a fundamental frequency.” OK. So I’ll probably have to read that article more closely later. But for now: better let the music do the talking.

It’s easy to hear that this album is about but I could simply hear that this album was about composing with overtones. Radboud Mens opens the album with a relatively short – and very relaxed – Polyrhythmic Ambient Drone, which sets the mind for the two longer Pieces for Oboe and Electronics (in C and in G, respectively). In these pieces (23 and 32 minutes respectively), the true magic happens ‘above’ the drone created by the stretched oboe sample. By carefully manipulating this ‘fundamental’ electronically, Mens creates a melody of floating overtones which become the true centerpiece of this music. When listened on speakers, it is as if these notes float through the listening space looking for their place in the room, its emphasis changing with every move of the listener’s head. It may need some dedicated listening, but once it grabs you there’s magic in the air. (Peter van Cooten) www.ambientblog.net/blog/2018-12-01/mens-1605munro-kouw/

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released September 1, 2018

All tracks composed, played, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Radboud Mens between 2015 and 2018.
© & ℗ Radboud Mens 2018. Dedicated to Dieter Schutte. Thanks to Dan Armstrong.

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Radboud Mens Schiedam, Netherlands

I’m a sound-artist and build my own acoustic instruments and sound-installations that I use in my music.
I released my first drone CD in 1995. Together with Geert-Jan Hobijn I form the core of Staalplaat Soundsystem. We built site-specific sound-installations. ... more

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