Well, holy fucking shit, as the kids today like to say. The Lithuanian contemporary music ensemble Synaesthesis just released Hadal Zone, an hour-long piece written by NY-based composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė. Hadal Zone was written for electronics and low-range instruments (tuba, bass clarinet, contrabass, cello, piano). The low frequencies and the resulting overtones are a metaphor for descending into the depths of the ocean. For example, the Bathypelagic Zone extends from 3,300 to 13,000 feet below the surface.
After nearly a month of listening to sunny Brazilian samba by the tropicalistas and their heirs, this music is about as polar opposite as you can get.
The recording can be purchased directly from Cantaloupe Records or from Bandcamp.
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