Mikel Rouse Broken Consort
A Walk In The Woods
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

1985 Original. Difficult To Pigeonhole Music Composed, Arranged And Conducted By Mikel Rose, Commissioned By The Seltzer Foundation. Susan Barrett, Oboe; James Bergman, Double Bass, Electric Bass, Synthesizer; Charles Bumcrot, Trumpet; Phillip Johnston, Soprano saxophone; David Kragauer, Clarinet; Mikel Rouse, Synthesizer, Susan Shumway, Violin, Viola; Ethan Silverman, Bassoon. Rouse Writes Music That Is Idiomatically And Stylistically Indebted To Popular Music, Yet He Uses Complex Rhythmic Techniques Derived From World Music, The Avant-Garde And Minimalism, Including A Technique He Calls "Counterpoetry" In Which Separate Lines Of A Song Sung By Separate Characters Or Groups Are Set To Phrases Of Differing Lengths (Such As 9 And 10 Beats) And Often Played Over A Background Time Signature Of 4/4. Metric Sleight Of Hand, Simple In Concept But Often Complex In Perception, Is Common.