Credits
Michele Fiala – oboe
Heidi Pintner – flute
Phillip Bimstein – pre-recorded electronics
Charles Amirkhanian – Executive Producer
Andrew Weathers – Producer
Andrew Weathers – Mastering Engineer
Mark Abramson – Packaging Design
© 1996, 2005, 2007, Franklin Stark Music (ASCAP)
Other Minds Records OM-2021
© 2018 Other Minds
– where many composers venture into experimental territory with intense seriousness, Bimstein is one of those composers whose music, even when it is serious, seems to be consistently tinged with signs of what John Cage called a “sunny disposition.” – Stephen Smoliar
The opening work of the three-piece Cats in the Kitchen (2007) by the Utah-based, Emmy Award-winning Bimstein (b. 1947) is fun, humorous, and at times hilarious. Even though our three terrorers basically slept through the performance, with nary a bark directed toward oboist Michele Fiala, flutist Heidi Pintner, and Bimstein’s pre-recorded electronics, I was totally taken by tracks with titles such as “O Solo Meow” and “Where’s Your Mouse, McGee?” – Jason Victor Serinus; Stereophile.com
Cats in the Kitchen (2007)
1. Eggs and Toast 5:00
2. O Sole Meow 2:54
3. Where’s Your Mouse, McGee? 5:07
Michele Fiala – oboe
Heidi Pintner – flute
Phillip Bimstein – pre-recorded electronics
Recorded in 2007 at Predilection Studio, Athens, OH. Recording engineer – Tom Wilhelm
Originally released on Michele Fiala’s MSR Classics CD, MS1217, “The Light Wraps You: New Music for Oboe.”
4. Angels in the Cracks (1996) 6:50
Sounds recorded by Phillip Bimstein in Great Britain, 1995
Processed, composed and mixed by Phillip Bimstein at Kinesava Studios, Springdale, Utah, 1996
Lockdown! (2005)
5. White Bricks, Green Doors 6:52
6. You’ll Be Good 4:54
7. Handcuffs and Shackles 6:42
Sounds and voices recorded by Phillip Bimstein, 1997-1999 at Washington County Youth Crisis Center in St. George, Utah
Processed, composed and mixed by Phillip Bimstein at Songdog Studios, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005
Angels in the Cracks and Lockdown! are world premiere recordings
