Azure Miles Records ~ The Music of Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson

Photosynthesis

1. Returning Voice (1991) 3.47

Meruvina: bells, synthesizer

2. Photosynthesis (1994) 16.28 (four movements)

Meruvina ~ bells, guitar, trumpet, violin, flute, vibraphone, clarinet, acoustic bass, synthesizer, shakuhachi, strings, harp, organ, electric guitar, timpani, percussion

3. Malleable (1994) 5.46

Meruvina ~ trumpet, synthesizer, strings, ocean waves, bells, percussion

4. Moroccan Snow (1994) 4.05

Meruvina ~ guitar, electric piano, wind bells, timpani, percussion

5. Ocean (1992) 18.21 (four movements)

Meruvina ~ guitar, strings, jamisen, flute, cello, xylophone, clarinet, recorder, percussion

6. Molokai (1989) 7.02

Meruvina ~ strings

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Photosynthesis opens with a cheerful work titled Returning Voice, made with a gamelan-like timbre over synthesizer ostinatos.

The title piece, in four movements, traverses a kaleidoscopic range of instrumental colors, both Eastern and Western, along with a mixture of high and low energy peaks.

Malleable features a trumpet tuned to an exotic scale, sliding through and around an ominous background of diverse textures.

Moroccan Snow is a subdued Near Eastern painting with blended timbres.

Ocean, in four movements, presents a contrasting sequence of moods, textures, speeds and colors.

Molokai was inspired by my late afternoon view of the mysterious island from my favorite swimming beach during the year I lived in Maui. This is a pure musical meditation.

The music on this recording was composed between 1989 and 1994.

- Michael Robinson, December 1999, Lahaina

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