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Vertov Sounds
Classical · 2010 · 10 tracks · 1h 16m

Vertov Sounds

Michael Nyman

Driving, mechanical chamber music that feels like a living machine. Staccato piano and urgent strings capture the relentless momentum of the industrial age.

2010 · MN Records

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A relentless, intellectual drive that finds beauty in mechanical precision and structural repetition.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 1h 16m
01
A Sixth Part of the World 1
5:54
02
The Eleventh Year 1
10:22
03
A Sixth Part of the World 2
10:13
04
The Eleventh Year 2
11:33
05
A Sixth Part of the World 3
7:14
06
The Eleventh Year 3
9:22
07
A Sixth Part of the World 4
9:54
08
The Eleventh Year 4
3:54
09
A Sixth Part of the World 5
4:54
10
The Eleventh Year 5
3:09
Moments Worth Listening For
The relentless ten-minute build of The Eleventh Year 1 where the piano and strings lock into a dizzying, inescapable spiral.
The shift in A Sixth Part of the World 4 where the rhythmic density breaks into a more spacious, almost mournful melodic fragment.
The way the final three minutes of The Eleventh Year 2 achieve a state of mechanical trance through sheer repetition.

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