{"product_id":"laurence-pike-the-undreamt-of-centre-cd","title":"The Undreamt-of Centre (CD)","description":"Laurence Pike - The Undreamt-of Centre (CD) \u003cbr\u003e Barcode: 843190013524 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Undreamt-of Centre is the fourth solo album by prolific Australian drummer\/composer\/producer Laurence Pike, an evocative, contemporary reimagining of the requiem mass. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album draws on the sounds of modern classical music, Japanese environmental ambient music, fourth world electronics, free jazz and the choral traditions of Estonia, with particular influence from Tallinn-based composer Tonu Korvits. Produced in collaboration with the Vox Sydney Philharmonia Choir, conducted by Pike’s childhood friend, composer Sam Lipman and recorded in a 19th century Gothic church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurence Pike on The Undreamt-of Centre:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI first had the thought of working with voices a number of years ago. I had the strange notion of making a requiem mass for drums, electronics and choir. It sat with me since then, until it felt the time was right to realise the idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy a requiem? Initially I simply liked the idea of a structural format that had existed and been reimagined again and again over hundreds of years. Ultimately, it’s a ritual set to music. The processes and ecstatic outcomes of rituals, were something I had explored in making the Holy Spring album in 2019. I became interested in subverting the religious musical construct of a requiem into something far more contemporary, using language and sounds not readily associated with it. It also seemed a ready-made vehicle to explore the sound of a choir with my electro-acoustic drum kit performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had begun searching for a narrative structure or text that I might set a choir to, while not adhering to the text of a Latin mass. I began reading the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, in particular his ‘Sonnets to Orpheus’, inspired by the classical Greek myth of Orpheus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introit  2. Orpheus In The Underworld  3. Mountains Of The Heart  4. Universal Forces  5. The Undreamt-of Centre  6. Eurydice  7. Requiem Aeternam  8. All Is Distance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease-Date: : 9\/6\/24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Laurence Pike","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42035688079441,"sku":"2VZZQP-LRGY-RA","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/laurence-pike-the-undreamt-of-centre_mW8B0_9a2c7c31-74b2-4d03-939d-8e21deb16c30.jpg?v=1762501183","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/laurence-pike-the-undreamt-of-centre-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}