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Star Maker Fragments

by TAK ensemble & Taylor Brook

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1. Star Maker Fragments

Music is continuous without breaks between sections:
I - Introduction (0:00)
II - People of the Other World (6:13)
III - Other World Media (15:16)
IV - The Taste of God (20:32)
V - Stars (26:02)
VI - Musical Universes (31:03)
VII - Back to Earth (40:32)

2. Star Maker Postlude


Taylor Brook’s “Star Maker Fragments” sets excerpts of Olaf Stapledon’s groundbreaking 1937 novel “Star Maker.” Most notable for the invention of the many-worlds model of the universe, the novel focuses on a human narrator that is transported out of their body to become a disembodied viewpoint that travels through space and time. Brook evocatively renders Stapledon’s descriptions of imaginary societies with his sweeping and transcendentally detailed microtonal lines. Implicitly critiquing the rise of global authoritarianism in both music and text, Brook relishes in Stapledon’s empathetic and thoughtfully pacifistic lens.

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released March 3, 2021

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Laura Cocks - flute
Madison Greenstone - clarinet
Marina Kifferstein - violin
Charlotte Mundy - voice
Ellery Trafford - percussion
Taylor Brook - electronics
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Produced by Taylor Brook
Mastered by Chris Botta
Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio
Artwork by Lara Lewison
Design by Laura Cocks

Text Excerpted from "Star Maker" by Olaf Stapledon

TAK’s operations, including the rehearsing and recording of this album, occur on Lenape lands—Lenapehoking; we acknowledge the Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory.

Special thanks to David Bird


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Tak Ensemble New York, New York

Regarded as “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen), TAK delivers energetic performances "that combine crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex.” (WIRE Magazine). The ambitious ensemble “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity” (New Sounds, WQXR). ... more

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