The Picasso Tunings - Questions of Prescience

by Mark Deutsch

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Philip Graham Mark Deutsch plays here the bazantar, a 31 string stand-up acoustic bass he invented. Its sonic landscape combines the power of a bass, the keening of a cello, the liquid plucked tones of a sarod, and the drone-like atmospherics of a tanpura. Together, these aural possibilities create a remarkable meditative music that keeps your mind on its toes. Favorite track: Azure Tilt.

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1.	Azure Tilt 16:37	buy track
2.	Antique Slippers, 1st movement 07:16	buy track
3.	Antique Slippers, 2nd movement 04:09	buy track
4.	Antique Slippers, 3rd movement 06:48	buy track
5.	Antique Slippers, 4th movement 02:48	buy track
6.	Antique Slippers, 5th movement 07:35	buy track
7.	Antique Slippers, 6th movement 03:43	buy track
8.	Antique Slippers, 7th movement 05:07	buy track
9.	Antique Slippers, 8th movement 03:39	buy track
10.	Antique Slippers, 9th movement 08:09	buy track

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“Questions of Prescience”, the second album of “The Picasso Tunings”, evolves out of “Four Sisters”. Its compositions take alternate tunings and the use of harmonics to previously unknown realms. The scales or “ragas” used here have also transformed from the familiar and European to the exotic and otherworldly. It’s compositions are more intricate and vast in concept, incorporating classical music constructs both Eastern and Western. These works, particularly “Antique Slippers”, the most expansive of “The Picasso Tunings”, are submersive in their intent, allowing the listener to descend into an alternate reality of lush harmonics, poignant sympathetics and exotic timeless visions both ancient and of the future.

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released September 4, 2017

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Mark Deutsch San Francisco, California

Mark Deutsch can best be described as a 21st century Renaissance man. A professional musician since the age of twelve, he is a visionary artist with a background in non-linear mathematics, sacred systems and cosmology. His groundbreaking instrument, the Bazantar, evokes all the power of Western classical music with the depth and nuance of Eastern traditions. ... more

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