Neil Rolnick Computer/electronics at Fresh Sound Music Series at Fresh Sound @ Bread & Salt

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New Music From Old Music
Composer Neil Rolnick will perform an evening of compositions for solo laptop computer. The concert will include Rolnick’s pieces from the early days of sampling technology, in the late 1980s, when he first explored what are now called “mashups” of existing music to create new works. It will also include some of his most recent works, which go back and reconsider this approach to composing in the light of 25 years of technological development and the revolution in thinking about sampling brought on by its use in hip hop and other urban musics. From his earliest sampling pieces like A Robert Johnson Sampler and Balkanization, to his more recent efforts like WakeUp and O, Brother!, Rolnick approaches his often iconic source materials with respect and good humor, reframing the original materials into music which is distinct, accessible and highly personal.