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My new album Four of Wands (formerly known as 4 for 20) is out now on Innova Recordings! Limited edition physical CDs are available from Bandcamp. It’s also streaming in most places :)
Four of Wands is performed by myself with Nathan Hubbard, Camilo Zamudio, and Kosuke Matsuda.
The artwork is two pieces of artwork by Leslie Jane Roberts: TO EIGHTH AVE (front cover)
and TO MANHATTAN ONLY (inside)
Polytope @ 2220 Arts + Archives
March 5, 2023
2220 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$20
Join me at 2220 Arts + Archives this Sunday, when I’ll be joined by Erin Barnes, Cory Beers, and Andrew Lessman in performing Polytope, my microtonal quartet for Launchpad Pros with live feed video. Squash & Biscuit will also perform.
I hope you can make it!
Candoro @ Music for Your Inbox
Order/subscribe by March 15, 2023
Online video/sound piece
Music for Your Inbox
$7–$14
As part of the development process for a collaboration with Alexander Gedeon and DaEun Jung, I made a 13 minute video/sound piece for Music for Your Inbox called Candoro.
Inthis video, the soundscape around the Candoro Marble Company in Knoxville, TN is treated with JI magical realism, echoing the surreal navigations of our three bodies around the physical space of the building’s Beaux-Arts architecture.
The video was shot during our time at the Loghaven Artist Residency last September.
The Los Angeles Electric 8 created a beautiful recording of my piece Circle Limit III – produced, mixed, and mastered by Felix Salazar. This album is out today on MicroFest Records!
The best way to hear Circle Limit III is a limited-edition double disc package, including a stereo CD and a 4.1 surround Blu-Ray.
Circle Limit III is also available to stream on most major platforms, including a stunning surround mix on Apple’s Spatial Music.
“…a stunning wall of sound as aural complement to Gehry’s steel”
— LA Times
“…Circle Limit III, by Daniel Corral, gracefully flowed outward in a warm ambient wash. The piece was never static… with the sound rising, falling and slowly shimmering in the bright afternoon sunshine. The harmonies were lush and comforting and worked to subvert the frenetic sounds of traffic out in the street. Circle Limit III was perfectly chosen for the sidewalk and fully captured the imagination of the crowd – listening and looking down Grand Avenue became a strangely calming and unexpectedly peaceful experience.”
— Sequenza 21
Have you ever wondered what a duet for violin and ocean waves sounds like? Have you ever tried to listen to the electromagnetic field of the earth?
Music for Your Inbox presents my new piece Hodad – a collaboration with violinist Myra Hinrichs that explores these questions – as the March edition of their 2021 season!
Sign up by March 10 to receive an online video of Hodad and a limited-edition [physical] postcard.
The video is a 20 minute performance of Hodad by Hinrichs, playing at Trestles Beach at sunset and responding to the rhythms of the ocean waves. Music for your Inbox will also mail you a limited edition postcard featuring artwork by Janelle Iglesias.
Here’s a sort of threnody for 2016, which I made on Black Friday, thinking about Pauline Oliveros.
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I had a great time playing Diamond Pulses on Alan Nakagawa’s Ear Meal webcast last night! Here is a video of that performance from LA Artstream:
Tonight at 9:30pm, I will be performing Diamond Pulses live on the Ear Meal Webcast! Tune in at www.laartstream.com
Check out the audio now from Orenda Records‘ Bandcamp page, but be sure to check out the webcast tonight on LA Artstream to see the live feed video projections!
Here are some sound collage pieces I recently put together, using minimalist phase techniques on (mostly) punk rock materials. It’s called X-Ray Glass, continuing my exploration of albums beginning with the letter X.
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This Saturday, September 12, there will be a CD release show at Automata for my new album on Diamond Pulses, with special guests Danny Holt and Mike Robbins!
There will be two shows at 8 and 10pm, and I will perform Diamond Pulses at both. The 8pm show will also feature Mike Robbins and Danny Holt in a rare duo performance of Workers Union, a seminal and uncompromising work of musical minimalism by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. The 10pm show will feature a performance by Danny Holt of Philip Glass’ Two Pages, an early exploration of additive processes derived from his time working with Ravi Shankar.
Stream the album now from Orenda Records’ Bandcamp page:
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Saturday, September 12, 8pm and 10pm
Automata
504 Chung King Court
Los Angeles CA 90012
8pm:
• Workers Union, performed by Danny Holt and Mike Robbins
• Diamond Pulses, performed by Daniel Corral
10pm:
• Two Pages, peformed by Danny Holt
• Diamond Pulses, performed by Daniel Corral
But tickets online here:
https://www.artful.ly/store/events/6883#
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Daniel Corral’s Diamond Pulses is a 32 minute aural experience combining electronic polyrhythms, microtonal tuning systems, classical minimalist influences, and noisy ambiance to open new sonic dimensions. Constantly evolving minimalist grooves recall Terry Riley or Cluster. The microtonal tuning systems recall Harry Partch, James Tenney, or Arnold Dreyblatt. Meanwhile, the counterpoint of noisy washes recalls the sound of ocean waves on the shore.
This performance of Diamond Pulses will feature projections of live video of the piece’s colorful interactive score.
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Mike Robbins and Danny Holt will also perform several seminal works of musical minimalism. At 8pm, they will play a duo version of Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union, a minimalist masterpiece written for “any loud sounding group of instruments.” At 10pm, Danny Holt will play “Two Pages” by Philip Glass, an early exploration of additive processes derived from his time working with Ravi Shankar. Robbins is the director of Eighteen Squared, a new music ensemble specializing in the music of Steve Reich. Holt is a virtuosic pianist described as described as “the classical music equivalent of an extreme sports athlete” (The Record).
Danny Holt’s website:
http://dannyholt.net/
Mike Robbins’ website:
http://highstimulation.com/
I am excited to announce my new album, Diamond Pulses! Diamond Pulses will be released by Orenda Records on September 12. There will be a release show that day at Automata.
Stream the audio from Bandcamp, then pre-order your copy from Orenda Records!
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More info soon!
I’ll have a few chamber music performances in June to announce soon!
In the meantime, here’s an electronic piece I made recently. It fades in slowly, so have a bit of patience at the beginning.
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A friend I grew up with back in Alaska passed away recently, and I made this in response. It was mostly for myself, and I wasn’t originally going to share it with anyone, but changed my mind. It starts silently and has a very slow fade in. Best heard on headphones or with nice speakers.
I’ve finally had a chance to upload two concert recordings of premieres from 2014!
PROGRESS (2014)
Violin and Viola. Premiered November 21, 2014 at MorYork by Story Water
“Progress” by Daniel Corral
PRAYER FOR THE WORLD – 10:00 (2013)
SATB choir and organ. Premiered June 1, 2014 by the All Saints Coventry and Canterbury choirs
“Prayer for the World” by Daniel Corral
Also, check out this electroacoustic piece for music box movement and electronics: