NOWS from David Rosenboom and Sarah Belle Reid is a captivating expression of the radical challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The music examines the notion of “co-presence,” or togetherness, when experienced in isolation. A collection of “sound correspondences” accumulated between the two artists, made with instruments ranging from strings and horns to modular synthesizers, analog signal processors, urban and desert soundscapes, and much more, NOWS is a post-genre masterpiece that speaks to our unique moment in history.
Sarah Belle Reid and David Rosenboom are featured artists on “The Inside Story,” a blog series from PARMA Recordings exploring the inner workings and personalities of composers and performers. Read on to learn about how Sarah has found rhythmic and harmonic inspiration in sounds of everyday life, and how music and physics work together to help David express his sound…