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David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 2 (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 10:33
A dreamy, leisurely adventure in intricate synthesizer counterpoint, repetitive but restless, with a choral element and cathedral organ sound which introduces a questing, spiritual dimension.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 3 (Excerpt #2)" - full track = 13:34
Swirling, hypnotic minimalism, with synthesizers supporting a vocal with lyrics which pay homage to famous Renaissance composers.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 3 (Excerpt #3)" - full track = 13:34
Swirling, hypnotic minimalism, with synthesizers supporting a vocal with lyrics which pay homage to famous Renaissance composers.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 2 (Excerpt #2)" -
A dreamy, leisurely adventure in intricate synthesizer counterpoint, repetitive but restless, with a choral element and cathedral organ sound which introduces a questing, spiritual dimension.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 3 (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 13:34
Swirling, hypnotic minimalism, with synthesizers supporting a vocal with lyrics which pay homage to famous Renaissance composers.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part 8C" - Full Length = 9:17
Bright, minimalist patterns for electric piano alternate between single and double time, while intricate counterpoint is supplied by plucked bass, vibraphone, horn, and reed sounds.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part Ten" - Full Length = 19:00
This long piece opens with a gentle, classically oriented canon which features unison voice and basset horn in an octave interval, with a keyboard bass ostinato providing the foundation. The piece then adopts a more vigorous double-time rhythm with featured solo excursions for tenor sax and then soprano sax. It then eases back into a relaxed groove which features operatic female vocals and alto flute before ending with staccato patterns from the keyboards and a final improvised solo from the tenor sax.
David Borden/Mother Mallard - "Part Eleven" - Full Length = 13:14
A dramatic, stately chordal sequence introduces lively minimalist patterns on electronic keyboards, with a variety of textures and shifting key signatures. Renaissance classical elements are blended with a gleeful, almost circus-like sense of sonic play.
