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In this work most of the sounds originate from toys' recordings and any treatment has been accomplished by means of a programming language named SuperCollider. I have tried to come up with a piece that would rely more on an internal pulse than on the transformation of sonic material. I somewhat got tired with the kind of pre-recorded music which is characterised by the desire to explore timbre and space above all, often at the expense of other qualities. Toys has been constructed by making use of rhythmic patterns. Starting from large collections of soundfiles I work within a programming langu...
Credits
The piece was commissioned by ZKM | Institute for Music & Acoustics and premiered in Karlsruhe (Germany) in 2011. It received the "Prix du Public at 2012 Metamorphoses Acousmatic Competition" (Belgium), "First Prize at 2012 Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition" (Czech Republic) and the "Medal of the Camera dei Deputati della Repubblica Italiana at the IX International Composition Competition Città di Udine".
- Electroacoustic
- 2011
- 24 ch mono files
Track curated by:
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