William C. Harrington:
Urban Electronic Music
1. The Overture (5:00)
2. God Bless the Miners (3:40)
3. Enola Gay (4:30)
4. Cuckoo to You (3:57)
5. Belles I (0:40)
6. Remnants (5:14)
7. Jungle Birds (3:03)
8. Days Left (5:16)
9. Organ Song part 1 (6:01)
10. Belles II (2:01)
11. My Guitar (4:04)
12. BOX (3:48)
13. One For Nick (2:55)
14. I Slept Through Vespers (4:53)
Equipment used: Arp 2600, Kawai K4,
E-mu Classic Keys, Roland VK-7, CA-30, CM-32L, soprano sax,
electric guitar, bowed electric guitar, glass salad bowls,
communion bells, cell phone, army bugle, Max/MSP, Radial, GarageBand,
vocalizations and loops
Composed, realized, produced and engineered
by William C. Harrington
All pieces recorded between 4/05 and 8/05 at the WCH Electronic
Music Lab, except Enola Gay which was recorded in 1973 at Cal
State Domiguez Hills Electronic Music Lab
Mastered by Scott
Fraser at Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Photos: William C. Harrington • Graphic Arts: Justin
Cassidy
©
2006 William C. Harrington, ASCAP • UrbanElectronicMusic.com
William C. Harrington was born January
10th, 1952 in Yonkers, New York. His grandmother played piano
at silent movie theaters and had quite an influence on him:
by the time he was a sophomore in high school, he was working
as a professional musician playing parties, roller-skating
rinks, and more.
While at Cal State Dominguez Hills
(now UC Dominguez Hills) he studied composition, performance,
and electronic
music with
Richard Bunger, who authored the classic book, “The Well
Prepared Piano.”
After leaving college he worked in
the wholesale record industry for two years before going on
tour.
First with Natalie Cole
doing lighting, then with Gentle Giant, Frank Zappa (making
a brief, credited appearance in Zappa’s movie, “Baby
Snakes”), LTD, Rick Derringer, and Rick James, all in
various technical positions.
In the 80’s he became the
Supervisor of Operations, Videotape Operations, Paramount Pictures
Corp. In that capacity, he received
four ATAS Emmy certificates for contributions for “Cheers,” one
for “The Arsenio Hall Show,” plus one for best
sitcom, again, “Cheers.” In 1990 he became a freelance
videotape engineer - doing videoasst, 24 frame playback - and
Technical Director. Credits have included “Little Black
Book” and “Alpha Dog” as well as several
sitcoms.
Urban Electronic Music was constructed
using loops recorded over a 30-year period, analog and digital
synthesis,
as well
as traditional instruments and found objects.
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