Yours portly released a new album earlier this summer, Heptadic Structure. It’s an exploration of pieces in 7/4, 7/8, and 7/16 time. Each piece is twenty-one written measures, for a total of 147 measures across the seven pieces. Also, 14+7=21. Math is fun!
You can listen to and/or purchase the album at the following links:
This week I’m featuring the sixth track from the album, “Nobles Gases.“ I did not realize until now that I mistakenly titled this piece “Nobles,” with an “S”; it’s supposed to be “Noble Gases,” but I apparently copy-pasted that errant “S” into all of the versions of the song, including what went to digital streaming services, so the title is now, and forever more shall be, “Nobles Gases”—ha!
The Portly Politico 