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30 for -32 in 25

from Speaking Hands by Curtis Andrews

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There is so much I love about this piece. Aspects of it are actually more than a decade-old. But during a resident at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Jan 2020, I re-visited the theme and developed it into what you hear. The title derives from the rhythm cycle of 30 beats (a kind of 30/8); it was often -32 C at Banff in January (which results in a nice ice beard!), and my studio was hut #25.

There is a whole lot of West Africa in this, in aesthetic and texture, but with alterations. The main bell pattern you hear at the top is actually a 2+2+3+3 (=10) structure that plays throughout. However, its complete period is actually 3 of those (total 30). This long bell pattern idea is common in the music of Benin, especially Fon music which I have studied a bit. Check a style called zinli which uses a 2+3+3 pattern (repeated 3x) as its main structural rhythm.

Several nice moras in this piece as well to again create a hybrid of West African and Carnatic feelings, and the drum solo at the end is basically a solo over the skeletal structure of one of these moras.

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from Speaking Hands, released April 2, 2021
Composer: Curtis Andrews (SOCAN)

Curtis Andrews: drumset, percussion
Jared Burrows: electric guitar
Neelamjit Dhillon: alto saxophone
Mark Duggan: vibraphone
Sandile Jwaai: electric bass

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Curtis Andrews Vancouver, British Columbia

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian-based musician with global persuasions. A percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends categorization.

He has toured and recorded nationally and internationally with dozens of artists on drumset, mridangam, mbira, and percussion. ... more

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