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New Tod Dockstader CD on Starkland
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Tod Dockstader: From the Archives premieres 15 new works from the electronic music pioneer
New CD celebrates 25 years of the Starkland record label, coming full circle from Starkland's initial release of the first two Tod Dockstader CDs
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"Starkland is one of those labels whose releases seem to be so carefully chosen that one is pretty much guaranteed a great listening experience..." - New Music Buff
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The composer Tod Dockstader was a musical outsider. Although compared to Varèse and Stockhausen among others, he crafted his own unique brand of electronic music. While his peers were taking advantage of institutions like the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, Dockstader developed his own style working in his spare time with the modest equipment of a recording technician.
"Tod Dockstader: From the Archives," a new CD of recently discovered electronic music from "one of the giants in the field" (The Washington Post), will be released by Starkland on November 18, 2016. The CD premieres 15 new works, carefully selected from over 4,200 sound files left behind by Dockstader, who died in 2015. Created from 2000-2008, these were the last pieces composed by Dockstader, before dementia stopped his studio work. Up to now, Dockstader's "Aerial" series, released in the mid-2000s, were thought to be his last compositions.
When thousands of files were discovered on Dockstader's computer, his daughter asked Justin H Brierley to sift through this extensive material. Through this painstaking process, Brierley found hundreds of selections potentially suitable for public release, sorted through these, and eventually sent over 50 promising sound files to Starkland's Tom Steenland. Having worked with Dockstader and promoted his music for over 35 years, Steenland carefully reduced these to the final 15 tracks heard on the CD.
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"From the Archives sounds radical and new, as fresh as if it was made today" - Geeta Dayal
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Tod Dockstader; From the Archives
Starkland ST-226
Release Date: November 18, 2016
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About Starkland
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With over four decades in the record business, Thomas Steenland has released dozens of albums, presenting world premiere recordings of over 160 works by more than 80 composers. He is the "one man army" behind the Starkland record label, which he founded in 1991. Steenland was also the first to present new music on surround sound DVD-Audio recordings, commissioning works by 13 composers for Starkland DVD-A releases.
Steenland has released recordings of music from John Luther Adams to John Zorn, and dozens in between. Critics at The New York Times, Gramophone Magazine, NPR and many other outlets have praised these recordings, featuring performances by Kronos Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble and others.
Starkland is a nonprofit organization, working in tandem with performers and composers to effectively plan, produce, and promote their recordings. 2016 releases include Guy Klucevsek's Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy, Tim Brady's Instruments of Happiness, and the International Contemporary Ensemble's On the Nature of Thingness featuring music by Phyllis Chen and Nathan Davis.
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