Mark Applebaum ~ Intellectual Property ~ 2003
Innova Recordings Innova 602.
 
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1 	Intellectual Property I 	
2 	Plundergraphic 	
3 	Ferneyhough Remix (Affection Aphorism 1) 	
4 	Mouseketier Praxis (Private & Consensual Activity I) 	
5 	Mouseketier Praxis (Private & Consensual Activity II) 	
6 	Mouseketier Praxis (Private & Consensual Activity III) 	
7 	Mouseketier Praxis (Private & Consensual Activity IV) 	
8 	Scipio Wakes Up (And Smells The Coffee) 	
9 	Pre-Composition

Intellectual Property is a mischievous album by a mischievous composer. Each track brings its load of surprises, the album as a whole portraying Mark Applebaum's many interests: sound sculpture, electronics, acoustic instrumentation, and "composer humor," so to speak. This very diversity can be seen as the disc's flaw, but it actually makes for a more enjoyable listen than the more single-minded Mousetrap Music or Janus Remixes. "Intellectual Property I" is a dry choice for a beginning. A piece for two improvising pianists, one recorded and one playing live, both on the same Disklavier, it combines conflicting nonidiomatic (but actually contemporary classical-oriented) and jazz passages in a rather predictable way. "Plundergraphic" is much more substantial. The piece calls for eight-channel tape (consisting of two stereo acoustic quartets and their digitally processed counterparts) mixed live with a live acoustic quartet and its processed counterpart. Rich and dizzying, the piece provides the first highlight of the set... - Francois Couture, AMG