Field Notes - Found Sounds #6 - Granularism

Also Chris Korda looked to the past for “Granularism,” released through Kervokian, asking the striking question: Do atonal and 12-tone musics have to sound dissonant? Korda doesn’t think so. These compositions for orchestral strings or solo piano are based on a theory outlined in a paper that provides a musicologist explanation for why they feel both full of friction and smooth at once.