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James Dashow's second volume of Soundings in Pure Duration features works for electronic sounds, several which are composed for instrumental or vocal soloists. The composer is well known in the electronic and computer music worlds and has produced a large amount of work over many decades. This release contains the last four works in the Soundings series, composed between 2014 and 2020, as well as the rerelease of “… At Other Times, the Distances,” an older, quadraphonic composition. This DVD contains stereo mix downs and full 5.0-surround mixes for each of the five compositions. The stereo versions were all spatially enhanced to suggest a wider-than-normal audio field.
Dashow is perhaps best known for...