Brooklyn Bridge John Hudak Shirocoal Recordings Coal 2 Amazing textures. Like Australia's Alan Lamb, John Hudak's sound sources are wires, unlike Lamb's telegraph wires blowing gently in the wind, Hudak has contact microphones on the Brooklyn Bridge. These very different results are very electronic, one could be fooled into thinking this is just the product of studio manipulation. Room Piece' is one of those sound installations. In its original form, Room Piece is a composed of a collection of related smaller sections played back by a computer program over a multi - channel sound system.
Sections overlap and show up unexpectedly or occasionally.
In the stereo version on this CD, the piece unfolds slowly, gradually morphing from one strange but beautiful place to another. A cool CD of mysterious electronic music from a composer deserving wider recognition. This review originally appeared in Downtown Music Gallery's Newsletter 32, April 1999. Studio Five Beekman is on the net. Donald Miller and Michael J. Schumacher in action.