Mason Bates - Mothership (2015)
Mason Bates - Mothership (2015)
Contemporary Classical | BMOP/sound 1045 | 2015 | 54:22 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 298 MB
Jason Moran, FM Rhodes, Su Chang, guzheng, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Contemporary Classical | BMOP/sound 1045 | 2015 | 54:22 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 298 MB
Jason Moran, FM Rhodes, Su Chang, guzheng, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, conductor
Mothership is perhaps the most direct and largest-scale representation of Bates’ (b. 1977) style as an ensemble composer, which blends contemporary American classical composition with jazz and electronic sounds. Its driving, grooving feel is positively addictive, like Short Ride in a Fast Machine seen through a smoky jazz/electronic kaleidoscope.
Second Inversion
Mason Bates is, in my mind, one of the best and most promising younger generation American composers. His music is always refreshingly different with its reliance on a blend of electronic sound sources and live sampling plus traditional acoustical sources. He is not afraid to be just a little coy, humorous or shocking in his aesthetic, either, but always amazing! So, for example, the opening and title track, Mothership, is the truly “funky” offering here. Written for the also wildly innovative approach to hooking young musicians, the You Tube Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas; this ode to electronic media is propulsive and funk rock-inspired mayhem. It features some very catchy bits of melody and rhythm in the whole orchestra and joined by an electronic mix that is truly eccentric with sounds that are (or sure sound close enough!) taken from a mid-70s “beat box” to an electronic metronome to effects pedals. We also get to hear, right near the close of this masterful “mish-mosh”, a traditional Chinese guzheng. Why? No information is given and it doesn’t matter. This amazingly entertaining trip is almost like a disco abducted by aliens and going for a joyride; and I loved it!
Audiophile Audition
Track List:
01. Mothership [0:09:22.02]
02. Sea-Blue Circuitry [0:12:28.65]
03. Attack Decay Sustain Release [0:04:38.57]
04. Rusty Air in Carolina [0:13:37.33]
05. Desert Transport [0:14:12.71]
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 4 from 7. December 2014
EAC extraction logfile from 2. May 2016, 20:53
Mason Bates / Mothership
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
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Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 9:22.02 | 0 | 42151
2 | 9:22.02 | 12:28.65 | 42152 | 98316
3 | 21:50.67 | 4:38.57 | 98317 | 119223
4 | 26:29.49 | 13:37.33 | 119224 | 180531
5 | 40:07.07 | 14:12.71 | 180532 | 244502
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Test CRC C9BC6F44
Copy CRC C9BC6F44
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
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Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
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EAC extraction logfile from 2. May 2016, 20:53
Mason Bates / Mothership
Used drive : hp DVDRAM GT80N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 9:22.02 | 0 | 42151
2 | 9:22.02 | 12:28.65 | 42152 | 98316
3 | 21:50.67 | 4:38.57 | 98317 | 119223
4 | 26:29.49 | 13:37.33 | 119224 | 180531
5 | 40:07.07 | 14:12.71 | 180532 | 244502
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Files for Upload\Mason Bates - Mothership (2015)\Mason Bates - Mothership.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.5 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C9BC6F44
Copy CRC C9BC6F44
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 not present in database
Track 2 not present in database
Track 3 not present in database
Track 4 not present in database
Track 5 not present in database
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
End of status report
==== Log checksum 7095FD0DEF748AE852D987D3CA7D65746E7E3735C6640581883DBE3D13B152F3 ====
3% recovery record is included.
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