New - Romig, James & Mike Scheidt - The Complexity Of Distance - 2xLP

James Romig: The Complexity of Distance by James Romig & Mike Scheidt The Complexity of Distance is a 58-minute electric guitar solo composed by James Romig and commissioned by Mike Scheidt. Like a vast expanse of ocean or desert, the music presents what might initially seem to be a bleak and repetitive landscape, but closer observation reveals constant variation in the flow of musical events, diverse intersections of harmonies, and a fragile world of micro-activity in the complex timbres that resonate within the guitar’s distortion and sustain. The work’s title, chosen in December 2019, refers to the shifting temporal distances created by the work’s background rhythmic structure and also references the challenges of collaboration between the Illinois-based composer and Oregon-based performer. Later the title took on additional and more profound meaning as “distance” became a way of life for all of us.  “It was a dream come true to work with Mike on this large-scale work that atte