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Componium Ensemble
8 Automated Works
EM RECORDS - Cat No: EM1221TLP
- updated:2025-10-30
The debut release from “Componium Ensemble,” the “Indeterminate Cyber Chamber Music” project by Spencer Doran of Visible Cloaks. This collection represents the cutting edge of cyber-human music, combining and developing the concepts of self-playing instruments—dating back to before the Common Era—and 19th-century automatic composition machines within a virtual studio to create fresh and surprising sounds.
Track List
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1. Block (for 3 prepared pianos and chamber ensemble) ブロック(三台のプリペアド・ピアノと室内アンサンブルのための)
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2. Efflorescence (for 3 bowed harpsichords, 2 bass clarinets, flute and cello) エフロレッセンス(三台のボウ・チェンバロ、二本のバス・クラリネット、フルートとチェロのための)
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3. Automata (for celesta, glockenspiel and spring-tank guitar) オートマタ(チェレスタ、グロッケンシュピールとスプリングタンク・ギターのための)
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4. Rosin (for 4 guitars, 5 cellos, clarinet, oboe and bowed piano) ロージン(四本のギター、五本のチェロ、クラリネット、オーボエとボウ・ピアノのための)
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5. Dyneema (for flute ensemble, piano and tingklik) ダイニーマ(フルート・アンサンブル、ピアノとティンクリックのための)
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6. Instantiation (for 3 prepared pianos, string quartet and brass ensemble) インスタニテイション(三台のプリペアド・ピアノ、弦楽四重奏と金管アンサンブルのための)
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7. Air (for 3 bass clarinets, 1 trumpet and steel drum) エア (三本のバスクラリネット、一本のトランペットとスティールドラムのための)
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8. Kite (for string quartet and tingklik) カイト(弦楽四重奏とティンクリックのための)

On October 30 at CLUB Daphnia in Kitakagaya, Osaka, a concert has been confirmed. Based on the concept of “componium”—mechanical music and self-playing instruments—whose origins date back to ancient Greece, Spencer Dolan’s *Componium Ensemble* is dedicated to Noah Kreshevsky, a pioneer of what might be called “cyber-human music.” “8 Automated Works.” Analog. I felt it faithfully carried forward the classical elements, the hedonistic aspects of Visible Cloaks, and a cyber New Age sensibility. The analog sound is truly excellent. It also comes with a download code for the digital-only track “Block (Carl Stone Mix).” (Original Japanese text by Saito)