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The Electric Requiem (Demo)

by Alexander Vitzthum

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Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus Deus, in Zion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam; ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
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Kyrie 04:21
Kyrie eleison. Christie eleison. Kyrie eleison.

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September 2018 update:
I'm cancelling the pre-order for now. This version of the album will stay here as a demo of things to come. I plan on releasing this down the road, and whoever pre-ordered it at this point will receive a complementary full copy when it's complete. Thanks for your patience!

June 2018 update:
It's great to see that the two tracks I've put out so far are still getting some attention. I'm pushing this release back to 2019 so I can really do it justice. I've had a ton of new ideas since starting out and can't wait to share it. The two tracks posted current are NOT the final versions--I'm planning on re-recording everything before its release. Thanks for supporting me and the music!

Press:
"Many musicians aspire to blend the old and the new, but few do so as dramatically as Alexander Vitzthum. What he considers the “old” on his upcoming album is not ’60s soul or ’50s beach-pop. He went centuries further back, to the monks’ vocal tradition of Gregorian Chant. And for the “new” side of the equation, he used the latest in electronics: vocoders, samples, computer effects.

It makes for a wild and surprising combination, hearing Gregorian chanting sounding like if Aphex Twin joined a monastery. Vitzthum has released one song so far in what he calls The Electric Requiem, his version of the traditional “Requiem Aeternam (Introit),” and promises more to come."
--Ray Padgett, countytracks.com

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The Electric Requiem was conceived in the autumn of 2016 after several early vocal layering and looping experiments (see Sonnendruck, my first release under my Clam moniker). It blends my abiding love of choral music and composition with my emerging fascination with synthesizers.

The goal of the piece is to bring the Requiem into the modern era with a new electronic setting. It combines traditional hymn tones with through-composed sections and electronic production.

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released September 28, 2018

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Vermont-based photographer and musician. Also makes music as Homeboy Aurelio and Count Hamilton.

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