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This section of Phaedrus offers a wide variety of articles as well as rare videos and recordings of Kotebel.
Includes detailed analyses of key pieces from Kotebel’s extensive discography!
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Analysis of “The Pentacle Suite” from the album “Omphalos”
Includes live video at Gouveia Art Rock. Here’s an extract:
Folkloric Rhythms in the Music of Kotebel
This article explains how different folkloric rhythms are seamlessly incorporated into the music of Kotebel. Includes videos of these rhythms in their original settings and audio examples showing where they appear in Kotebel’s music.
Fragments of Light – Part 1
This article presents musical analyses of “Mirrors” and “Legal Identity” from the album “Fragments of Light”. Includes a rare video of “Legal Identity” live.
“Ouroboros” from the album “Ouroboros”
This article features a detailed musical analysis of “Ouroboros”, written in a form known as “Theme and Variations”. It includes the original MIDI template showing how Carlos Plaza conceived the piece and also a video with a live performance of “Ouroboros” recorded during their 2009 Japan tour.
“Simurgh” from the album “Ouroboros”
On this article we explain how the music describes and closely follows the story of the thirty birds that discover one of Simurgh’s splendid feathers, their voyage to the castle in the Kaf mountains to meet the Simurgh, and what is revealed to them… We also include a previously unreleased video with Kotebel’s performance of Simurgh at the New Jersey ProgHouse during their USA tour in 2014.
“Ra” from the album “Omphalos”
This article explains the genesis of “Ra” and presents a previously unreleased version which is a remix and remaster of “Ra” done in 2015. Also, a related piece written by Carlos G. Plaza at the age of 18 is presented. This is also a previously unreleased piece.
“Mysticae Visiones” from the album “Mysticae Visiones”
A detailed analysis of the piece is followed by a previously unreleased video with Kotebel’s performance of “Mysticae Visiones” at the Gouveia Art Rock Festival in 2007.
“Oneness” from the album “Cosmology”
This article presents a detailed analysis of “Oneness” from the “Cosmology Suite”. It includes the original MIDI template showing how Carlos Plaza conceived the piece.
Live in Madrid 2011
Features footage of a very powerful performance by Kotebel in Madrid, on January 15, 2011. Shot with a single camera, it nevertheless allows fans to enrich their appreciation of this very special concert. This video features 4 songs, that you can also download in MP3 or in lossless WAV:
Hades
Amphisbaena
Excellent Meat
Simurgh
“Cosmology” Live at Galileo Galilei 2017
These are the first live recordings of pieces from Kotebel’s “Cosmology” album. They were recorded during the concert where Kotebel shared the stage with Discipline at the venue Galileo Galilei in Madrid, on August 30th 2017.
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