On September 28, 2018, Orenda Records will release Polytope by Los Angeles composer Daniel Corral. Polytope will be available on all major streaming platforms, as a digital download, and on CD. The Los Angeles Exchange (LAX) Festival will present 2 album release shows on October 17 and 19 at the Think Tank Gallery in Los Angeles.
Polytope is an aural vortex of electronic minimalism and alternate tuning that recalls classic experimental electronic albums like Terry Riley’s Shri Camel, Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II, Laurie Spiegel’s The Expanding Universe, or Eliane Radigue’s Trilogie de la Mort. Sequenza 21 praised Polytope as “an extraordinary piece of musical and visual art… that is both accessible and compelling,” SF Gate hailed it as “a mesmerizing visual and musical spectacle,” and The Stranger described it as “gamelan from Pluto—or maybe ’70s Philip Glass as interpreted by Harry Partch on his Cloud-Chamber Bowls.”
“An extraordinary piece of musical and visual art… that is both accessible and compelling.”
–Sequenza 21
“A mesmerizing visual and musical spectacle.”
–SF Gate
“gamelan from Pluto—or maybe ’70s Philip Glass as interpreted by Harry Partch on his Cloud-Chamber Bowls.”
–The Stranger
Recorded and Produced by Daniel Corral
Mastered by Daniel Rosenboom
Design by Eron Rauch
The live Polytope Ensemble is Erin Barnes, Cory Beers, Daniel Corral, and Andrew Lessman
1. Red Swells 03:54
2. Square 06:34
3. Red Pulses 03:46
4. Circles 05:31
5. Orange Swells 02:43
6. Arrows 04:06
7. Orange Pulses 02:25
8. Purple Swells 03:14
9. Yellow Pulses 03:05
10. Square 2 05:20
11. Blue Pulses and Green Swells 02:28
12. Green Line 01:59
13. Red Line 05:07
14. Coda 05:21
15. White Swells 04:47
