FANCYYYYY ********* Distr. : UK - Norman Style : FCY 003 MARCIN PIETRUSZEWSKI : The New Pulsar Generator CD 10.2020 Recordings Volume 1 [1] See www.marcinpietruszewski.com/the-new-pulsar-generator [2] Xenakis, Iannis, and John Rahn. “Sieves.” Perspectives of New Music (1990): 59-78. [3] Ariza, Christopher. “The Xenakis sieve as object: A new model and a complete implementation.” Computer Music Journal 29, no. 2 (2005): 40-60. [4] See accompanying text – “Sound Composition with Pulsars” – and Roads, Curtis. Microsound. MIT press, 2004: 137-157. [5] Burnell, Jocelyn Bell. “The discovery of pulsars.” Serendipitous Discoveries in Radio Astronomy (1983): 4-6. Limited edition CD in 16-panel foldout sleeve with 30-page book of 'Sound Composition with Pulsars' by Curtis Roads. Mastered by Russell Haswell, packaging design by Joe Gilmore with text manipulations by Florian Hecker. Edinburgh-based experimental music composer Marcin Pietruzewski presents a collection of recordings made with the infamous Pulsar Generator music software. Hugely influential in early Noughties computer-based music but never made widely available, it’s an intriguing set, accompanied by text from Curtis Roads detailing the origins of pulsar synthesis and its use in music. https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183640 =======================================================================================