david minor's album "sparse" is created with a delicate, yet brave gust of fervor brought about by years of impending musical ideas and sentiments stirring in the poetic rice paper boats of his stomach. with the kind permission of composer geoffrey pope allowing david to caper about in his diverse collection of orchestral samples, singer/musician/producer david minor and producer me raabenstein take us on an epic journey through vintage times and beloved spaces.

the album sparse takes us through dark, gas lit vaudevillian theatres and darling cellars stained by the sounds of cotton club swing. at times, you will be engulfed by smoky demented puppets lost, inebriated and meandering through the eerie alleys of film noir.

gershwin and bernstein took an approach to music, sewing the sounds of classical music and jazz
together to create one of a kind crossbreeds. many of the elements, which at this time were beginning to unveil themselves, seemed to dissipate in the bulk of music and its later advancements. while later such styles such as progressive rock came upon the scene, it ceased to savor the taste that minds like gershwin and bernstein seemed to so devour on their musical palates. however, ignorance killed the cat when it lacked curiosity.

in the album "sparse," fragility sips carefully from the epoch, fusing classical elements merged with electronic structures, while underlined by jazz snippets of film noirish instinct. out of this comes a disarming and daringly bourgeois technique: fragments, using so called technical mistakes to construct rhythmical structures, creating a personal amalgam. while david fears the worst; his critics detecting absolute narcissism and indulgence, he ventures to give the audience an imprint of magic lanterns and tapping dancing cadences. the album plays with the idea of so called music, while medaling with your brain so much while listening that no movie is needed. it is layered with a mosaic of fluttering colors and projects image after image into the listener's mind.
david minor lives and works in palo alto, california and berlin, germany.

the album 'sparse' was produced by me raabenstein