DESCRIPTION OF PIECE

“ROTATE” is a forthcoming album from Darth Presley and the H.E.A.P. (The Housatonic Electronic Algorithmic Philharmonic). In fact, there will likely be two releases a studio version (projected late December 2023), and a live version (projected early 2024). Rotate is a collection of nine pieces that are homages to commercial aviation in the 1970s. The individual pieces are not traditional songs, as there are no set melodies or chord progressions, rather they are platforms for live improvisation over a computer-generated accompaniment. The performance will feature live, generated video (epilepsy trigger warning).

ABOUT THE ARTIST

I have had some horribly disturbing waking dreams of being a monstrous apparition, part-man, but mostly machine; soulless and demonic, terrorizing man and beast alike with sounds unlike any other, sounds that alternately inspire and chill, lifting spirits only to dash them again on some distant rocky shore comprised of dissonance and psychotic visions. I am haunted by sizable blackouts, what some refer to as lost time, and frequently awaken in unknown locations, smelling of Malört and regret with nothing to explain my activities save for a plectrum and a few patch chords.