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12: 2011
Numinous at 25
12. 2011
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What eventually became my composition Changing Same (and our third album in 2015, on New Amsterdam Records) started in 2010. Through a lens of individual experience, Changing Same explores some of this richness, diversity, and complexity of blackness in America during my lifetime—from Angela Davis to the mini series Roots to the inauguration of Barack Obama—while also resonating with a more universal artistic expression—a “digging of everything”—filtered through an intimately autobiographical musical perspective.
My 2011 master’s thesis was developing my ideas on what kind of music was in the air in NYC in the early 21st century and that I was composing as well. This developed into my idea of ‘mixed music.’ In conjunction with the thesis I composed a piece, the three parts of which became parts of Changing Same. So when Numinous again performed at the Tea Lounge (like in 2010), I was able to try out for the first time, live "19" and “Miserere,” which were part of my thesis composition and which became the first and third parts of Changing Same (we also tried out “Dreams of Wonders Undreamt” which was to be part of To Begin The World Over Again, which would premiere in 2012 with Numinous and choreographer Edisa Weeks and her Delirious Dances company).
Also later that year was Pulse’s second collaboration with Take Dance Company. Choreographer Kile Hotchkiss’ new dance “The Substance of Things Unseen” used my new composition “Unlimited” and was performed by the Pulse ensemble (Chris Reza, Ana Milosavjlevic, Hannah Levinson, Mariel Roberts, and Jacob Garchik) at the old Merce Cunningham Studios at 55 Bethune Street in the West Village (which was one of the last performances at that historic place). “Unlimited,” in a different, larger version, became the sixth and last part of Changing Same.
#josephcphillipsjr #numinous #numinousmusic @numinousmusic #mixedmusic #newmusic #changingsame
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#numinous25 #numinousmusic25
What eventually became my composition Changing Same (and our third album in 2015, on New Amsterdam Records) started in 2010. Through a lens of individual experience, Changing Same explores some of this richness, diversity, and complexity of blackness in America during my lifetime—from Angela Davis to the mini series Roots to the inauguration of Barack Obama—while also resonating with a more universal artistic expression—a “digging of everything”—filtered through an intimately autobiographical musical perspective.
My 2011 master’s thesis was developing my ideas on what kind of music was in the air in NYC in the early 21st century and that I was composing as well. This developed into my idea of ‘mixed music.’ In conjunction with the thesis I composed a piece, the three parts of which became parts of Changing Same. So when Numinous again performed at the Tea Lounge (like in 2010), I was able to try out for the first time, live "19" and “Miserere,” which were part of my thesis composition and which became the first and third parts of Changing Same (we also tried out “Dreams of Wonders Undreamt” which was to be part of To Begin The World Over Again, which would premiere in 2012 with Numinous and choreographer Edisa Weeks and her Delirious Dances company).
Also later that year was Pulse’s second collaboration with Take Dance Company. Choreographer Kile Hotchkiss’ new dance “The Substance of Things Unseen” used my new composition “Unlimited” and was performed by the Pulse ensemble (Chris Reza, Ana Milosavjlevic, Hannah Levinson, Mariel Roberts, and Jacob Garchik) at the old Merce Cunningham Studios at 55 Bethune Street in the West Village (which was one of the last performances at that historic place). “Unlimited,” in a different, larger version, became the sixth and last part of Changing Same.
#josephcphillipsjr #numinous #numinousmusic @numinousmusic #mixedmusic #newmusic #changingsame
© 2011 Numen Music/BMI All Rights Reserved
Thanks and credit to all the original photos on this website to: David Andrako, Concrete Temple Theatre, Marcy Begian, Mark Elzey, Ed Lefkowicz, Donald Martinez, Kimberly McCollum, Geoff Ogle, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Daniel Wolf-courtesy of Roulette, Andrew Robertson, Viscena Photography, Jennifer Kang, Carolyn Wolf, Mark Elzey, Karen Wise, Numinosito. The Numinous Changing Same album design artwork by DM Stith. The Numinous The Grey Land album design and artwork by Brock Lefferts. Contact for photo credit and information on specific images.