Kenvad Music - ELECTRONIC

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Catalog number	Descriptions
	Floating Galaxy A compilation of ambient electronic works. Created with sounds programmed on Kurzweil K2600 and Digital Performer. The works have been presented at several music festivals including Society of Composers and Southeastern Composers League. Click titles to listen to MP3s.
KD 603	Floating Galaxy - 2006 - A scientist acquaintance showed me some color slides of outer space taken through an astronomical telescope. Striking shots of orbiting phenomena, quasars, planets and galaxies represented by a wide spectrum of shapes and colors. As I watched the slides, I could "see" them move, slowly drifting, floating, interacting. I thought I might write an orchestral piece like this, sort of along the lines of Ligeti's Atmospheres. But then I decided that electronic media offered more control and a larger palette.
KD 604	Utah Sunset - 2007 - Sunsets in Utah are extraordinarily rich in color. In the high altitude thin air, the sun plays on the passing clouds, embuing them with striking oranges, lavenders, pinks, reds and yellows in varying shades. The colors move slowly across the sky, their shapes morphing an ever changing pattern of transformed colors. On a camping trip around south Utah, I saw one of these exceptional sunsets taking form in my rear view mirror. I stopped along side the road, sat on my west facing truck's tailgate and watched. I "heard" the clouds passing by the sun as it moved toward the horizon, darkening to a rich red-orange before disappearing into the night. A flock of birds appeared briefly and flew across the the sun.
KD 605	Night Sea Freighter Imagine being on a supersized cargo vessel as it sails forth across a calm night sea, waters barely rippling, clouds passing, moon shining, stars twinkling, and a soft cool breeze setting the ultimate relaxation mood after a hard day's work.
KD 606	Imagination Soundscape - 2007 - Let this gently undulating harmony and drifting melody suggest your own scenes.
KD 607	Shimmering Starlights Lying on my back on a cool mountain campsite watching the stars work their magic.
KD 608	Aurora Borealis: A Green Arc Appears- 2007 A news article reported visible northern lights that nights in Wisconsin. I saw one of these nature shows as a Wisconsin child. I remember assuming they were likely more thrilling in Canada or Alaska. The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. The displays appear in many colors although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow. The internet provided a few excellent videos of the Aurora Borealis. I planned a series based pm the different colors but only completed the green one.
	Poetic Soundscapes - 2012 Ken's wife, award-winning poet Judy Davies collaborated on recording 17 of her poems. She narrated most of them while Ken surrounded the words with electronic background music.A few of these were featured at new muisic conferences such as Society of Composers. Click title to hear MP3.
KD 611	Bridges
KD 612	My Favorite Lover
KD 613	The Silent Sea
KD 614	I Did It All For You
KD 615	Aautumn
KD 616	Night Sea Freighter
KD 617	Ode to Stained Glass recalls the windows of St. Miichael's Catholic Church in Biloxi, MS during Hurricane Katrina in 2005
KD 618	Afternoon Rain
KD 619	Message in a Bottle
KD 620	Three Roads Diverged
KD 621	Greed
KD 622	Freedom's Song
KD 623	Sunswept
KD 624	Seaside Bike Ride
KD 625	Artistry This poem won the 2014 International Grand Prize from DancingPoetry.com. The poem was choreographed and danced on Sept. 20, 2014 at the 21st Annual Dancing Poetry Festival, as Judy recited the poem, at the Florence Gould Theater in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Art Museum in Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA. The competition was sponsored by Artists Embassy International.
KD 626	Windo to the Stage
KD 627	Manhunt

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