Michael Robinson
Rainbow Thunder
Cover art is hand silkscreened paper from Japan
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Michael Robinson introducing Rainbow Thunder on dublab
1. Rainbow Thunder (Vasanta) (1996) 14:01
meruvina: trumpet, African harp, gender, African, Near Eastern, Indian, Chinese and Japanese percussion
2. Forest Regions (1996) 9:55
meruvina: kemanche, zampona, bonang, gender, Chinese, European and Near Eastern percussion
3. Gopura (Shree) (1996) 10:03
meruvina: piano, tabla, tanpura
4. The Angel of Ankara (Chandra Lekha) (1996) 24.58
meruvina: oud, tabla, Indian percussion, tanpura
Composed, Programmed, Mixed, Designed and Produced by Michael Robinson
Recorded and Mastered by Catharine Wood at Planetwood Studios
Rainbow Thunder slowly builds a deep and powerful percussion ostinato inspired by African rhythms. This prepares for a dramatic trumpet entrance based on the South Indian raga, Vasanta. The middle section switches the percussion voices to African harps, and the trumpet to a gender, as the melodic voice becomes more active. The original voices reappear for the concluding music, with the trumpet articulating rapid, complex phrases.
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