Still Air 3

Still Air 3  is part of a cycle for wind instruments and electronics. These compositions explore the sonorities of quiet, but complex sounds and blend the live instruments with prepared electronic sounds. As a stark contrast to many of my other compositions which explore speed and density, this cycle is meant to search for musical expression with very little activity.

Still Air 3 unites the two solo pieces:
Still Air 1 for bass clarinet and
Still Air 2 for oboe

Each musician has his own technical set-up.

• Both musicians play into an iPad, mounted on a microphone stand or music stand.
• Each iPad is connected to two small speakers, positioned on the floor behind the player.
• Both instruments should be very close to the devices microphone.
• While performing the duo version, the two IOS-devices synchronize to stay together.
• Both devices need to run iOS 7 or higher.
• The electronics in both pieces are composed of two layers.
• The first layer could be understood like a “tape” part, which is divided into 24 events.
• The second layer varies depending on the musicians amplitude. The iPad built-in microphone captures the instruments live sound and varies intensity and pitch of the prepared sound files.
• It is this interaction which creates a strong unity between the life player and the electronics.

video with Arthur Sato and Alejandro Acierto

  
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