Upcoming Releases:

Eleven Greyhounds
In Berlin, over a period of several months, Ellen recorded with oboist Eliza Slavet in Fullman's resonant Klausenerplatz studio.

"We began by improvising. Only after developing musical materials, did we define the oboe sounds in ratio terms. We found that the oboe's multiphonics are often made up of surprisingly distantly related intervals, and as such, added an unexpected complexity in the harmonic relationships. Using the oboe pitch slides as bridging material between chords, we coordinated the chord changes, while leaving the particular musical material and length of each chord section freely improvised."

The recording was made using a pair of Neumann U-87s set to omni-direction, placed in a triangulated orientation, about 6 meters from each other, and from the sound source. This project will be released on Anomalous Records in Fall 2003. (Singing with the Birds in Berlin, excerpt, mp3)

Ellen's Songbook
This collection of songs composed by Ellen Fullman span the past two decades. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, the initial inspiration for Fullman's musical activity was the delta blues. Lyrics, written and performed by Fullman, are rooted in her identity as a person who grew up in the Deep South of the United States, and informed by her study of Hindustani North Indian classical vocal music. Recorded and performed by Ellen Fullman and Jörg Hiller in Berlin and Seattle, this release also features covers of two American folk songs and Hiller's minimalist hillbilly band Twang. The project will be released on Choose, in Fall 2003. (Train, mp3)

Staggered Stasis
"Staggered Stasis" (1989) was commissioned by the Deborah Hay Dance Company for part 1, "The Navigator" in Hay's trilogy, "The Man Who Grew Common In Wisdom". Microtonal shifts in the coloring occur in a staggered fashion, traveling on an axis of Pythagorean intervals, (the circle of fifths). Chords created by stacking 3/2s, or fifths, are referred to as "suspended chords". There is a flatness in this drama, what I imagine it must be like in the middle of an ocean, continually moving yet appearing the same. The four part score was plotted on a timeline. Each track was recorded and performed by myself. An excerpt of Staggered Stasis was released on the Arial CD series. (16:46)

"Duration" (1986) was composed as a 13-limit study for the Long String Instrument, in the key of C. The fundamental tone is continually sounded, under chords constructed with pitches from the overtone series. The intention of the piece was to listen to the variations within each chord, as it is sounded continually while the performer walked the length of the instrument. As the performer's position changes, one clearly hears a cascade of overtones. "Duration" was never previously released. (22:19)

"In the Sea" (1987) A relentlessly swelling sweetly harmonic duet composed using five-limit major and minor thirds. Performed on the LSI with Santiago Villareal. "In the Sea" was previously released as a cassette. (28:14)

The original recordings were made direct to a PCM F-1 digital processor using a Neumann C-1000 stereo microphone placed about 15 feet from the resonators. This remastered recording will be released on Anomalous Records, Winter 2004.