Four Corners
Jeff Bruner
CD Album

Four Corners

Jeff Bruner

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Release Date May 22, 2026
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Catalog No.EM-1223CD
JAN/ISBN 4560283215868
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1

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[Machine Translation] The first collection of works in the career of Jeff Bruner, a composer in the American Minimalist canon. The collection features four works, including a major work with multiple recordings of amplified kalimba, deconstructionist Sci-Fi post-punk calypso reggae that would surprise both Lee Perry and Van Dyke Parks, and instrumental pieces colored with melancholic beauty, introducing the beautiful and quirky music of this little-known composer. This is the first solo collection of works by West Coast minimalist composer Jeff Bruner, showcasing his interests and many facets over a half-century. The pieces selected here, which span from the 1970s to the 2020s, were composed with a consistent aesthetic interest, creating a strange and fascinating collection of music that builds on tradition and changes it with a unique perspective. Bruner is a friend of fellow composers Harold Budd and Daniel Lenz, and his works are clearly related to the music of minimalist/post-minimalist composers such as Terry Riley and John Adams. Magic Mbira" (1979), a key piece in this collection, is a masterpiece that skillfully builds on Riley-esque elements with a tape delay acoustic treatment reminiscent of Lenz's cascading echo system. This piece for amplified mbira (kalimba) has an affinity with Roland P. Young's masterpiece "Isophonic Boogie Woogie" in its desire to escape the traditional classical recital hall and perform in a more open setting. Bruner's idiosyncratic side is evident in the deconstructivist calypso-reggae song "Reggae Foes" (1978), produced to promote the science fiction film "Foes," which has the filtered and distorted D. Cunningham/D. Toop world of Black Ark sound, achieved through a surprisingly classical style of arrangement. This is an astonishing work that achieves the world of this D. Cunningham/D. Toop filtered and distorted Black Ark sound with classical style composition and arrangement. The album also includes Cold Rain and Snow (2020), a reworking of an American folk song on gut-string fretless banjo, and Remembrance in a Pale Room (1995), a piano piece dedicated to Lenz, both of which are colored with melancholic beauty. Remembrance in a Pale Room" (1995), a piano piece dedicated to Lenz. Includes commentary by Bruner, rare photos, and the score of "Magic Mbira".

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フォー・コーナーズ / ジェフ・ブルーナー

アメリカン・ミニマリストの正統を継ぐ作曲家、ジェフ・ブルーナーのキャリア初となる作品集。アンプリファイド・カリンバを多重録音した大作、リー・ペリーもヴァン・ダイク・パークスも驚く脱構築主義Sci-Fiポストパンク・カリプソレゲエ、メランコリックな美しさで彩られた器楽曲あわせて4作品を収録し、この知られざる作曲家の美しく風変わりな音楽を紹介。本作は、米西海岸のミニマリスト作曲家ジェフ・ブルーナーの半世紀にわたる興味と様々な側面を紹介する初の単独作品集。ここに選ばれた1970年代から2020年代までの楽曲は一貫した美的関心のもとに作曲され、伝統を礎に、独自の視点で変化を加えた奇妙で魅力的な音楽集になっている。ブルーナーは同郷の作曲家ハロルド・バッドやダニエル・レンツと親交があり、テリー・ライリーやジョン・アダムスといったミニマル/ポストミニマル作曲家の音楽との関連性も彼の諸作にはっきり伺える。そんな本コレクションの重要曲である「Magic Mbira (魔法のムビラ)」 (1979年)は、ライリー風の要素を、レンツのカスケード・エコー・システムを彷彿とさせるテープディレイの音響処理で巧みに構築した傑作。このアンプリファイドされたムビラ (カリンバ)のための曲は、クラシックの伝統的なリサイタルホールを抜け出し、より開かれた場で演奏したいという願望においてローランド・P・ヤングの名作『Isophonic Boogie Woogie』とも親和性を持つ。ブルーナーの特異な側面は、SF映画『Foes』のプロモーション用に制作された脱構築主義カリプソレゲエ曲「Reggae Foes」 (1978年)に現れており、このD.カニンガム/D.トゥープを濾過して歪ませたブラックアーク・サウンドのような世界感を、クラシック流儀の作編曲で達成していた驚くべき作品。また、ガット弦のフレットレス・バンジョーでアメリカン・フォークソングを再構築した「Cold Rain and Snow」 (2020年)、レンツに捧げられたピアノ曲「Remembrance in a Pale Room」 (1995年)という、メランコリックな美しさで彩られた2つのソロ楽器のための曲も収録。ブルーナーによる曲解説と貴重写真、「Magic Mbira」の楽譜付き。

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