Mark Applebaum, portrait
California composer Mark Applebaum often uses junk (more diplomatically known as “found objects”) to give his musicians instruments from which to elicit unique timbres. Smoke & Mirrors percussion ensemble gives us a great example of this in in Catfish, the overture to what was supposed to have been a full length “white trash opera” which Applebaum has not completed. In our case, our musicians chose wooden planks, metal planks and conga drums for their instruments. Professor Applebaum teaches at Stanford.
Smoke & Mirrors
CD | LP | Tape | Amazon | iTunes | HDtracks | NativeDSD | SoundCloud
Vanish
CD | Tape | Amazon | iTunes | HDtracks | NativeDSD Vol.1 | NativeDSD Vol.2 | SoundCloud
Mark Applebaum, Composer
Discography
Smoke & Mirrors
album cover photo by Jeffrey La Favre
CD
LP – David & Margie Barry, executive producers
Tape – Arian Jansen, executive producer
DSD Underwritten by PS Audio
Hi-Res 24 bit
Smoke & Mirrors: Vanish
album cover photo by Jeffrey La Favre
CD – Sandy Pressman, executive producer
LP – David & Margie Barry, executive producers
Tape – Arian Jansen, executive producer
DSD vol I Underwritten by ExaSound
DSD vol II Underwritten by Genesis
Hi-Res 24 bit
Other works by Mark Applebaum
