“‘Orchestrionics’ is the term that I am using to describe a new performance method to present music alone onstage using acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments that are mechanically controlled using the power of modern technology”.
“I have found myself again craving for a context that is somehow intrinsically connected to this moment in time - to find something that could only be happening now, in 2010.”
“This experience so far has provided me with a self-imposed challenge that has proven to be enormously difficult and time-consuming, but the early results have been absolutely exhilarating.”
“I am excited to share this project with all of you. I am hopeful and confident that if nothing else, this will be something truly unique. It feels like progress to me and has gotten some notes out of me that I didn't know were there. That is always a good thing.”
Pat Metheny - July 2009
“Postscript –
I have realized by now that as much as I can describe this project, even the people closest to me have had no idea what I was talking about until they have actually heard the music and had an encounter with it all in action. So, even having written all of the above, I know for sure that you still have to experience it yourself to really know what it is.”
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Por aquilo que daqui se pode adivinhar, “Orchestrion”, o novo álbum de Pat Metheny, que estará à venda no dia 26 de Janeiro de 2010, deve reunir as condições para vir a ser uma, ou mais do que uma, das seguintes coisas:
a) mais um álbum imprescindível da discografia de PM;
b) uma “musical oddity” sem interesse;
c) uma brutal fonte de polémica;
d) um marco na história da música;
e) várias combinações das alíneas anteriores.
Uma coisa será certamente – de audição obrigatória.
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