Deviations

by Dominic Frasca

Overview

Dominic Frasca is kind of like a cross between Andres Segovia and Elliott Sharp. Although classically trained and still deeply influenced by classical guitar tradition, Frasca doesn't create music that sounds classical in any meaningful way, and his instrument (a customized ten-string guitar) is a bizarre Frankenstein's monster of acoustic and electronic parts that he uses simultaneously as a melodic and percussive instrument. This album includes two of his own compositions, one of which is the very long title track. "Deviations," with its clicky ostinatos and angular chord changes, is a fascinating piece that sounds as if it were written during a composition workshop co-led by Robert Fripp and Paco de Lucia. Also interesting is a rendition of Philip Glass' "Two Pages," a piece that actually sounds a bit more like the work of Steve Reich than of Glass, though the former would have taken more care to make the musical transitions within the piece more musically compelling. The remaining compositions are briefer pieces written specifically for Frasca by Marc Mellits, all of which make the most of Frasca's quirky virtuosity. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2005
Label:	Cantaloupe
UPC:	0713746303228
Rank:	230344

Tracks

1. Dometude, for guitar
2. Forced Entry, for guitar
3. Lefty's Elegy, for guitar
4. Deviations, for guitar
5. Metaclopramide, for guitar
6. Two Pages, for piano (or electric keyboard)
7. Dark Age Machinery, for guitar

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dominic Frasca   Primary Artist,Guitar

Technical Credits

Dominic Frasca   Arranger,Mixing,Composer,Producer,Recording
David Lang   Executive Producer
Scott Fennel   General Manager
Philip Glass   Composer
Ian Mitchell   Executive Producer
Kenny Savelson   Executive Producer
Ken Thomson   Label Manager
Julia Wolfe   Executive Producer
Michael Zev Gordon   Executive Producer
Greenberg Kingsley   Design,Art Direction
Dominick Barbera   Mixing
Ian Quay   Licensing,Marketing Coordinator
Joel Jaffe   Mastering