Francis Dhomont - Frankenstein Symphony (Asphodel, 1997)

A high momentum, stitched-together mash of personal and student works from Dhomont, a heavyweight in the INA-GRM arena. The project began when a compilation curated by Dhomont was proposed, to which Dhomont scoffed. Perhaps objecting to the removing of context that a compilation can impose, he opted instead to assemble a new context for a selection of otherwise dislocated pieces. Scrapping together parts from 22 composers in total, Dhomont created a four part work with no filtering, only cut and splice assemblage, resulting in a potent but disruptive work that functions well beyond the sum of its parts.


Frankenstein Symphony