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XClassics
Brian Slawson

Slawson, a virtuoso percussionist, has a musical style evolved from the contemporary sounds of jazz, rhythm and blues, island, world and pop music. His compositions start with music written by great masters and he transforms them through the organic sounds of percussion and the high technology of the latest digital sounds.

XClassics are futuristic, percussion driven compositions inspired by the great classical masters - extraordinary music for the extreme listener!

Slated to serve as astronaut “wake-up” music on the next Atlantis STS-114 shuttle mission!

“By inserting the variable ‘X’ into a classical music equation we can extend the music’s traditional identity and establish the very transformations that define its character.”

Musicians:

BRIAN SLAWSON percussion, programming
TOM MUNDY additional keyboards
AUSTIN PETIT guitar
LINDSEY BLAIR guitar
KATHY GABRIEL French horn
KIRK GAY suspended cymbal
CHUCK ARCHARD electric bass
AARON GOLDMAN flute
TIM OSTROW baritone sax
CHARLIE BERTINI trumpet, flugelhorn
HERB VAUGHN tenor sax
CHAUNCEY MAYS trombone
CHRIS PARKER drums
ROBBIE KONDOR Hammond B3
GRETCHEN, BUSTER, SCARLETT dog barks

Record Label: Beltone Records
Catalog # na

Produced by Brian Slawson
Recorded in 2004 at Hammerhead Studios, Merritt Island, FL

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1. Galactica 3:24
Influence: Felix Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave, also known as the Hibredes Overture.
2. Once Upon A Time In America 4:12
Influence: Allegretto from Beethoven’s Symphony #7
3. Vibe Island 3:23
Influence: Mozart’s Symphony #40
4. Symphony in Blue 2:53
Influence: Adagio from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #4
5. New Worlds 3:53
Influence: The Finale from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #4 and excerpts from Dvorak’s New World Symphony
6. Tales of the New Frontier 4:59
Influence: Bach’s Polonaise from Orchestral Suite #2
7. Rockbox 2:56
Influence: Bach’s 2-Part Invention in F Major
8. Flydog 3:17
Influence: C.P.E. Bach’s Solfeggietto
9. Requiem For An Industrial Age 3:35
Influence: Mozart Requiem
10. Gypsy Train 2:55
Influence: Brahms’ Hungarian Dance #5
Dvorak’s Slovakian Dance #7
Bach’s E Minor Bouree
Bach’s Goldberg Variations
11. Abyss 3:12
Influence: 16th Century Chant
12. Bumble B. Blues 2:56
Influence: Rimsky Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumble Bee
13. Hocus Pocus 2:30
Influence: Tchaikovsky’s Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker Ballet
14. Pompous Circumstance 4:39
Influence: Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance variation

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