I have always been fascinated with the percussion section and in particular the drum. There is a primal brutality to the drum. Players take pieces of wood and strike stretched animal skins. In this primitive instrument there is an elegant complexity similar to a primitive bow. In Primitive Technology 2 Hari Heath discusses the complexity operations in the primitive bow and arrow titled “Wood Under Stress”. This composition begins with a slow build in tension for more than half of the composition that is released in the final section with unison rhythms and extreme dynamics.
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