Artist: Charlemagne Palestine
Song: The Organ is the Greatest Synthesizer [excerpt]
Recorded at Metropolitan United Church (FutureStops Festival), October 1, 2022.
Charlemagne Palestine - The Organ is the Greatest Synthesizer [excerpt]
The FutureStops Festival was undoubtedly an ambitious undertaking, bringing a series of high-profile international guests to town to celebrate new directions in pipe organ music. And if, in practice, that fairly niche mandate made it tough to connect with a wider audience, the programming was generally well spoken of. This final show was the only one I was able to make it out to, but featured two names I was most eager to see. Having experienced the music and presence of Charlemagne Palestine nearly a decade ago I had a notion of what to expect, but with access to the larger scale of the pipe organ, thie was an altogther more immense experience. Although this had some sonic similarities to Sarah Davachi's earlier set, the organizing principle here was much more intuitive, with Palestine feeling his way along — albeit joyfully, if his accompanying organ seat wiggle-dancing was anything to go by.
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