"Spiral" is a 22min piece for mixed ensemble and track that I've written for Ensemble Signal commissioned by the Commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust for Time:Spans Festival.
Excerpt of the review:
"Spiral, the new piece by interdisciplinary artist and multi-instrumentalist Darian Donovan Thomas, murmured and crackled, with a sequence of vignettes that evoked the shape of a spiral when viewed from the side. Episodes of little gestures moving across the ensemble gave way to sections that grooved (often led by notably fun bass runs), and listening to it all unfold felt joyous. Thomas’ electronic track provided ambience and tonal shifts that reminded me of Green-House and SOPHIE. While a simple distinction might attribute the function of feedback and dialogue more to Lewis’ softwares, Thomas’ track in Spiral was also an active participant in the audience’s collective musings." - Connie Li
"Spiral, the new piece by interdisciplinary artist and multi-instrumentalist Darian Donovan Thomas, murmured and crackled, with a sequence of vignettes that evoked the shape of a spiral when viewed from the side. Episodes of little gestures moving across the ensemble gave way to sections that grooved (often led by notably fun bass runs), and listening to it all unfold felt joyous. Thomas’ electronic track provided ambience and tonal shifts that reminded me of Green-House and SOPHIE. While a simple distinction might attribute the function of feedback and dialogue more to Lewis’ softwares, Thomas’ track in Spiral was also an active participant in the audience’s collective musings." - Connie Li