MacLean, Steve - Box of Seven : CD box set (due to weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
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21-ReR SMB1
βThe most obvious reference, Brian Eno's Before and After Science, was a reflection of the zeitgeist but also of the new electronic media. MacLean's work is a reflection of a new form of art that has been maturing since computer music became a popular medium of expression.β - Piero Scaruffi
β7 CDs for less than the price of 3.
Frog, Bug, Guitar, Computer (featuring what it says in the title)
Prime
GPS (Steve MacLean Ensemble's final CD)
Year of the Dragon, (featuring Chris Cutler)
Bridges (double CD)
Ordinary Objects and Other Distractions (musical manipulations of toys and everyday objects)
PLUS the great - and long out of print - Radial Circuit (polyrhythmic instrumental band compositions) - in a sturdy box. ...
Steve MacLean is a musician, composer, producer, and engineer known for his work with music technology, particularly in the early 1980s. He is also a professor in the Electronic Production and Design department at Berklee College of Music (retired). Early in his career, MacLean gained experience with early digital audio and music production tools like the Fairlight CMI, DX-7, Linn Drum, and automated mixing consoles in a NYC recording studio. He has been actively performing and composing for over 30 years.
Briefly a member of Nick Didkovsky's Dr Nerve, MacLean then co-founded the Portland Experimental Music Collective, formed his own quartet (with Tim Inman on keyboards, Jim McGirr on bass, and Dave Fields on drums) and released the all-instrumental album The Opposite of War (ReR, 1999). The lively chamber jazz-rock music of Windows Pt 2 and Windows Pt 1 is modulated by a frenzy of tempo shifts, with more than a hint of Frank Zappa's influence.
The other tracks, notably Branches, walk a fine line between lounge music, minimalist repetition, neoclassical passages, and exotic rhythms. The double-CD Bridges (2007) compiles works spanning two decades and several styles, from the mechanic ballet No Jazz (1989) to the King Crimsonian prog rock of One Little Life (2001). Its 2nd disc, devoted to electronic experiments, runs the gamut from ambient music to musique concrete.β