Waltz (for electric instruments)

Written and Recorded in 1994

This tune is actually a variation of a couple of following other works of mine; Dance to Me and Dance with Me, which were all written under a dance-themed concept that  was supposed to accommodate the former as the main theme whilst the latter as the closing theme. This Waltz variation was written as a bridging piece between other variations of the former and the latter in the original scheme.

The idea for the dance-themed concept first emerged a few years earlier before writing these tunes and one of inspiring sources for building up the concept was the waltz section of Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky. In other words, Waltz variation had been a requirement for the entire conceptual work in the first place.
Despite its source of inspiration, for writing this variation, I rather chose to borrow the form of Viennese Waltz, especially of Johann Strauss II, at the intro and at the end. Additionally, in order to furnish the tune with retro atmosphere, I added actual needle noise taken from my vinyl record player as well.

Regardless to the botched conceptual work, I think this tune is well written individually and could be one of my representative works I have ever written.