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Beneath the Ice of Europa

from Beneath the Ice by George Fetner (and the Strays)

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    Here's a limited edition vinyl pressing of the album. Side one contains Black Lion, Oceans of Oil, and Cave of the Lighted House. Side two contains Hypnagogia, Beneath the Ice of Europa, and Go Forth. All of the art was designed by George, and the album contains vinyl sleeve, paper jacket, and full liner notes.

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    A spiral-bound, double-sided full score to "Black Lion" including performance directions and effects pedal notation. Single-sided pages will be mailed, as well, and a PDF will be sent via email. *additional fee for international shipments - contact composer for details*

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Beneath the Ice of Europa came about after I was commissioned by the South Carolina Philharmonic to compose a string quartet for their principal players. They decided to put together a program and wanted some local composers to be represented, as well. (The quartet performed a piece by John Fitz Rogers, one of my teachers, marking the first time a piece of my own music “shared the stage” with one of his.) The piece I composed for the quartet was almost entirely made up of improvisatory sections. It was a flop. I had an opportunity to compose for a group and was too focused on doing something different by using a computer-generated track with directionless sounds and effects. The string writing suffered. Your electronic track should never be more important than your instrumental part.
After the premiere I put the piece away. It needed time away from my brain. When the material resurfaced, I decided to re-work it and add electric guitar. I’m always interested in performing new classical music on electric guitar, and I thought the electronic material would be perfect for it. Europa is a moon of Jupiter covered in ice that may still contain life in its ocean beneath the surface. I felt like this title accurately portrayed the intense sounds of plunging into a deep, icy, alien sea.

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from Beneath the Ice, released February 10, 2015
George Fetner, electric guitar

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His guises have included stormy Britfolk songwriter (Some Things We’ll Change) and avant-garde composer (Beneath the Ice). But Fetner seems most natural fronting The Strays, a rangy and loose-limbed rock ‘n’ roll ensemble that’s built for a good time: Swirling Hammond swells, greasy Tom Petty-isms, bubbly pep — these are the calling cards of a songwriter built to bridge crowds. edited, Free Times ... more

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