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Works For Upright Bass and Amplifier Vol. 2 | Luke Stewart

Works For Upright Bass and Amplifier Vol. 2 by Luke Stewart, released 25 February 2022 1. 01 2. 02 3. 03 4. 04 5. 05 6. 06 7. 07 8. 08 In Indian musical theory it is said that there are two kinds of sound, one a vibration of ether, the other a vibration of air. The vibration of ether, which cannot be perceived in the physical sense, is considered the principle of all manifestation, the basis of all substance. It corresponds to what neo-Pythagoreans called “music of the spheres”. It forms permanent numerical patterns which are the basis of the world’s existence. The kind of vibration is not caused by a physical shock as are audible sounds. It is therefore called anāhata, “unstruck”. The other kind of sound is an impermanent vibration of air, an image of the ether vibration. It is audible and always produced by a shock. It is therefore called āhata or “struck”. (Alain Daniélou, 1980) I’d never thought about Luke Stewart in such terms until recently, but I think that scholar Alain Da