Transcendissonance
A genre-defying odyssey searching out the hidden beauty in the most dissonant tunings known to man.
City of the Asleep's Igliashon Jones makes use of a variety of tunings designed to be as theoretically dissonant as possible, with shockingly pleasant results. Within the confines of tunings such as 11, 13, and 18-EDO, 180-cent equal tuning, and a host of unequal mathematically-derived scales, Igliashon weaves complex tapestries of harmony and melody that are truly xenharmonic. Though experimental in nature, this album is anything but academic; in keeping with the typical City of the Asleep style, "Transcendissonance" is a genre-defying electronic gruel of stuttering glitch, melodic electronica, expansive post-rock, and thumping techno (to name a few ingredients). Though the tunings are a central focus of the album, this is music that can be appreciated by the most casual of listeners, further proving that theoretical dissonance is no deterrent to writing accessible music.
Download: http://split-notes.com/007
Label: split-notes microtonal netlabel
License: CC BY-NC-SA Unported 3.0
Info: 12 tracks, mp3/ogg/flac