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Ars Didjita.
(MP3, 192Kbps VBR, 11 MB). Performed at SEAMUS 2002 in Iowa City, IA on
Thursday, April 4th at 9:30 AM. Ars Didjita arose from a desire to
channel the inspiration for my film work into the magic of a live
piece. The NASA productions I have scored showcase stunning
visualizations of cosmic phenomena and observations of our own
beloved Earth from space. The didjeridu seemed perfect to evoke the
natural world on this intimately incomprehensible scale. Despite the
simplicity of the didj, it flirts with timbres strangely akin to
electroacoustic manipulation. Or is it the reverse? I have attempted
a symbiosis between the instrumental and electronic elements, through
use of dynamic spectral envelopes, spatial movement, and a subtly
insistent pulse, complementing the natural didj sound. Imagine a
thread between the dawn of time and the cusp of the future.
Distinctions dissolve, boundaries blur, and music emerges from the
darkness... Ars
Algorhythmica.
(MP3, 192Kbps VBR, 12 MB). Performed at NIME 2003 in Montreal, QC on Saturday,
May 24th at 8 PM. Ars Algorhythmica is a duet between a didjeridu, an ancient
Aboriginal instrument from the other side of the world, and a Rhythmicon,
a long-defunct polymetrical opto-electronic machine built in the 1930's by Leon
Theremin for Henry Cowell. The didj is played live, while the Rhythmicon has
been revived using audio samples obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. These
seemingly immiscible sound sources are blended, processed, and reinterpreted
in real time within an improvisational framework using MAX/MSP, SuperCollider,
and the BBCut Library. Organic and mechanic conflict and resolve, merge and separate,
summoning ghosts of the past into the present. Blood becomes electric, wires
pulse with life, rhythm conquers all. Peace. This work would not have been possible
without the generous assistance of Margaret Schedel and Nick Collins, who
provided invaluable programming support
and musical inspiration. Ars Algorhythmica is dedicated to Philip Brettscholar,
conductor, mentor, and a major influence towards dedicating my life to music.
He will be dearly missed. Iteration
31.
(MP3, 256Kbps CBR, 10.7 MB). Composed collaboratively by Jomenico. Chosen "Best
Dance
Remix
of
an
Avant-Garde
Classic"
at SEAMUS 2004 in San Diego, CA, and performed on Saturday, March 27th
at 8:30 PM. We would like to express our utmost gratitude to Alvin
Lucier for allowing us to deconstruct
his piece "I Am Sitting in a Room" [CDeMUSIC / Amazon]. We are sitting in a room, indifferent to everyone but the now. We are distorting
the sound of Alvin Lucier's voice, and we are going to fray and hack into the
gloom again and again, until the recontextualised frequencies can bloom and
be a force themselves... so that any semblance of his piece, with perhaps the
deception of schism, is enjoyed. What you will hear then, are the supernatural
resonant sequences of the tune, articulated by beats. We regard this activity
not so much as a demonstration of a creative act, but more as a way to groove
out any regularities we geeks might have. |
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