Compositions by Bill Alves

Information about Spectral Motion for electronic tape and robot choreography

Notes:
Spectral Motion was written for a collaboration with robot choreographer Margo Apostolos of Los Angeles, and was largely inspired by the polyrhythms of West African drumming ensembles.

Recordings: On The Terrain of Possibilities, available from the EMF label. For ordering information, see the EMF CD distribution site, CDeMusic. A cassette version as well as the CD are also available from the Just Intonation Network and the Creative Musicians' Coalition.

Major Performances:

• April 1988, Culver City, CA: MGM Filmland
  
• October 1988, USC
  
• January 1989, Provincetown MA: Imaginary Voyage (public radio)
  
• May 1990, Berkeley, CA: KPFA-FM