Life's a Beach and Then You Swim - The Musical Pluriverse of Ladislaus Horatius
5/7/2013, 29 Tracks, 2:13:48
Featuring
Ladislaus Horatius
Magnus Lindman
Stefan Nilsson
Dan Laurin
Magnus Lanning
Ulrik Qvale
Björn Haugan
Lars Cleveman
Niklas Sjöberg
Diana Nuñez
Inger Ohlén
Lars Beijbom
Növér Sisters
Stockholm String Ensemble
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Ladislaus Horatius believes music is about harmonizing disparity and resolving discords, seeing it as a synthesis of different domains.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ladislaus Horatius's music is influenced by poets and painters, with composers like Rimbaud and Baudelaire being primary inspirations, and contemporary composers a secondary influence.
Compositional Technique
Ladislaus Horatius rarely notates his music fully, preferring to write out some parts and then explain it to the musicians, controlling the 'aural reality' rather than the notation.
Recording & Production
Some pieces on this album were recorded in Benny Andersson's studio, a member of the famous Swedish pop group ABBA.
Instruments
The recording features a variety of synthesizers from different eras, including the Prophet 5, Minimoog, Polymoog, and Korg MS20.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ladislaus Horatius sees no chasm between serious and popular music, viewing them as subdomains within mankind's favorite sport: one-upmanship.
Composer Biography
Ladislaus Horatius, the composer, was born in Hungary but left early, describing his birth country as "home, mother, the domain of my personal Eden."
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