“The second half of the concert began with my favorite electronic piece of the conference, Jason Bolte’s Friction, which is a musique concrete piece entirely made up of sounds of things rubbing against one another.”
Friction
Christopher Gable, SCI News Letter, XXXVI:2
Last Updated: 06/09/08
Jason Bolte, Electronic Music, Musician, Acousmatic, Electronic Music, Electroacoustic, Composer, LIve Electronics, Sound Artist, Musique Concerte, Audio Engineer
“This fantastically complex piece creates a perfect balance between the virtual and the real taking the listener on a journey through an unforeseen zoo of sounds from singing birds and chords of an organ to a Doctor Who and Star Wars-esque portal. A very exciting and polished piece.”
change in the summation
Rachael Watts, Networked Music Review, 07/10/07
“Jason Bolte’s tape compositon, change in the summation, takes the listener through the continuum of the realm of controlled pitches and its evolution into noise.”
change in the summation
Matthew Boleyn, SCI News Letter, XXXVII:2
“The most visceral piece of the evening...”
And Death...
asymmetry Music Magazine
“Mad propz go to Jason Bolte and his fine, fine, fine piece, Scrap Metal which is, I think, the greatest piece for piano and tape since Davidovsky”
Scrap Metal
Jay C. Batzner