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The Mark Flood Miniatures: II Whispers

from Made in Houston: Volume 1 by Musiqa

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These five short miniatures are all responses to Mark Flood’s 2016 exhibition called MARK FLOOD: GREATEST HITS. In his exhibit, Flood engages with pop culture (among other things), which he refashions or adulterates in some way in order to comment upon mass media. Love decided to mirror Flood’s practice of altering familiar mainstream messages in his first and last miniatures. In “Always,” he parodies the theme from a 1993 Coca-Cola ad campaign by overlaying the familiar melody on top of a somewhat janky funk groove, which is colored with multiphonics. In a similar vein, “This Just In” parodies the ABC World News theme. “Whispers” and “Lullaby” are responses to Flood’s lace paintings. In the context of his art, the lace paintings stand out as intentionally direct as they are constructed in an obvious way – lace applied, painted over, and removed – and are ostensibly free of the outspoken satire or social commentary pervading the rest of the exhibit. “Whispers” and “Lullaby” echo Flood’s technique and entice the listener through willfully familiar uses of traditional texture, harmony, and melody. 

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from Made in Houston: Volume 1, released September 23, 2023
THE MARK FLOOD MINIATURES by Joel Love
II WHISPERS
Performed by Dan Gelok (soprano saxophone), Matt Singletary (alto saxophone), Seth McAdow (tenor saxophone), and Evan Withner (baritone saxophone). Pictures on Silence Publishing; ASCAP.

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