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Yummy World is a 23-minute orchestra/electronic theme and variation based on Justin Bieber’s hit, Yummy. Although much maligned for its innocuousness , the song has a Mozartian delicacy and transparency which perfectly reflects an innocence, adolescent love. Also , its lightness becomes the perfect ironic foil to the dark, Germanic, gravitas-soaked machinations of its electroacoustic spawn.

The melodic structure of Yummy World revolves around Bieber’s various melodic fragments, which are broken up into 12 motivs, each one having a different ethno/cultural accompaniment (thus the title ‘Yummy World’). The result is a backdrop of ethno/jazz fusion, while in the foreground, the instruments generally follow the contours of the original melody.

The form is a 7-movement variation structure, each movement’s tempo changes in double time or half time increments, depending on if it’s becoming gradually faster or slower over the length of the movement. The clock tempo of each movement is always a dotted note division of the previous tempo. The last movement recapitulates the tonic tempo, as well as the central theme. Also, buried in the structure is a kind of piano fantasia that contrastingly mirrors the material.

Finally, probably the biggest influence for the piece was Covid lockdown/YouTube viewing, where one can’t help but absorb the hyper-condensed, collage-like scores from 40/50s film noir (not too dissimilar to Warner Bros and MGM cartoon music).

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from Dystophilia, released January 1, 2024

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MC Maguire Toronto, Ontario

MC Maguire is a Toronto-based composer/producer who has created a quirky post-modern hybrid that combines classical, pop, jazz, electro-acoustic, and world music traditions. He works primarily in his studios’ multi-track environment (up to 400 tracks) combining live recording, sampling, synths, exotic plugins, and digital editing possibilities. ... more

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