Switched-On Yule! volume 1, by tobias tinker and Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas

Switched-On Yule! volume 1

by tobias tinker and Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas

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It's a Newfangled, Old-fashioned, Retromodern Christmas! Electronic arrangements of traditional carols, in the style of Switched-On Bach... Lush, immersive sounds and classic melodies. Will this be your new favourite Christmas album?

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Note: The CD version does not include all tracks from the online version, as it was compiled a few years ago and several new tracks have been added here in the meantime; when there are enough of them to make a Volume 2 CD, I will 'fork the project' as it were; in the meantime, feel free to enjoy them here as part of the digital album!

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Small Worlds: Hallowe'en, The Sky Is Always Interesting, solstis, Thoughtful Music volume 3: Selected electronic works, Odds and Ends, Switched-On Yule! volume 1, Painter Piano - volume 2, Painter ✾ Piano - volume 1, and 14 more. , and , .

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1.	Deck the Halls / Joy To The World 02:36		buy track
2.	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 02:47		buy track
3.	Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel 02:23		buy track
4.	The Golden Carol of the Wise Men / I Saw Three Ships 03:23		buy track
5.	Rocking Carol 02:35		buy track
6.	Patapan / The Boar's Head 02:43		buy track
7.	In The Bleak Midwinter 02:56		buy track
8.	We Three Kings 03:25		buy track
9.	Withers' Rocking Hymn 02:53		buy track
10.	The Holly And The Ivy / Past Three O'Clock / We Wish You A Merry Christmas 03:23		buy track
11.	Jerusalem Gaude / The Angel Gabriel 02:14		buy track
12.	The Coventry Carol 03:07		buy track
13.	Wassail, Wassail! 02:26		buy track
14.	The 12 Days of Christmas 03:51		buy track
15.	People Look East / The First Nowell 03:49	info	buy track
16.	Lo, A Rose E'er Blooming 03:27		buy track
17.	Huron Carol 02:29		buy track

about

When I was young, we had a wonderfully strange album of classical music, arranged and performed on synthesiser (specifically, the legendary Moog Modular system) by Wendy Carlos, called 'Switched-On Bach'. This unusual masterpiece, and its sequel 'The Well-Tempered Synthesiser', took root in my musical brain and inspired a lifelong interest in electronic and synthesized textures.

We also had a number of beautiful recordings of traditional Christmas music interpreted by Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort, the Choir of King's College Cambridge, and others. These too wormed their way into my consciousness... and eventually, perhaps inevitably, this project was born - a way of uniting those two very different early influences.

The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when my son Alexis became interested in the strange sounds I was making and joined in to help me arrange and produce them. We've had a lot of fun making these pieces, trying to find ways to do justice to the sources that inspired them and at the same time give them something unique and new... We hope you enjoy them just as much!

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released December 14, 2018

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Arranged, performed and produced by tobias tinker and Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas

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Music for Explorers (of inner worlds, invisible landscapes, imaginary realms)

I’ve always been a musical explorer... I need to know what’s behind that door, around that corner, down that pathway shrouded in mystery. I want to find out where it goes and what can be learned and discovered there!

Music is an adventure for me, and the music I make is intended for adventurous listeners... ... more

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