Spotlight On Phillip Golub: Recording the Impossible Piano
Today, the Spotlight shines On Phillip Golub, a Brooklyn pianist taking his music in bold new directions.
Phillip's new project, Loop 7, is a set of minimalist compositions performed on a piano tuned to 22 notes per octave instead of the usual 12. Working with producer Joseph Branciforte, he's created something that lives between acoustic chamber music and studio art.
It's a groundbreaking approach—Phillip's performance was captured on a special Yamaha piano in a unique way he tells us about. The recordings were then layered with guitar, vibraphone, and subtle electronics to create a technologically advanced and deeply human sound.
Phillip has worked with jazz legend Wayne Shorter and brings that same spirit of innovation to his own music, blending jazz, classical, and experimental sounds in ways you've never heard before.
(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Phillip Golub’s Loop 7)
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Dig Deeper
- Visit Phillip Golub at phillipgolubmusic.com
- Purchase Phillip Golub’s Loop 7 from Grayfade or Bandcamp
- Phillip Golub Experiments with Loops on Mesmerizing LP
- Interview | Phillip Golub | Offerings of Love - 15 questions
- Introduction to EDO tunings
- Beyond the Veil: Behold the Xenharmonic, or, Understanding Microtonal Music
- He Expects You To Read The Tea Leaves: An interview on the past & future of Wayne Shorter's orchestral work
- Dig into this episode's complete show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com
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