[if gravity binds, other forces must surely repel]

"I felt free. Perhaps overwhelmed by an excess of compositional possibilities. I am suddenly reminded of the Russian Suprematists, but such a comparison does not seem appropriate here: do I set off from the conceptualization of a negative space that, in this case, I actually choose to fill? (First, is the distinction between negative space and positive space valid at all?)

Minimalist constructions: harmonic foundations reduced to three closely related chords that engulf a timid melodic surface; formal expansion bounded by the ubiquitous mechanism of strict repetition; timbre and dynamics, intertwined, the ultimate propellers of the musical discourse. I pay homage to all this, albeit from my own domain. For perhaps I do not know how to do it from any other." [Fibbbi]

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Artwork by Olga S. Ortiz

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Gravity that Binds

Caterina Barbieri - Gravity that Binds [Fibbbi Cover]

Prior to my interest in electronics, or simultaneously, there is a rather classical background in piano and studies in Musicology. From this vantage point, it was a bit over a decade ago when I first saw in a then unfamiliar sphere of music, that which we call (or imagine as) "electronic" music, extremely attractive possibilities regarding all that had to do not only with color or timbre (this is usually the norm), but with onstage performance as well. Indeed, in machines and computers I found, at last, tools that allowed for sufficiently convoluted music to be performed live on one's own: one gained in autonomy, though, of course, also at the risk of isolation and loneliness.

If such was my interest, one could ask why it took me so long to bring my music to a live setting (January 13, 2024, marks my onstage debut as Cosmic Lithium).

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XOXO ;)

Livedebut (Desde Proyecto Celesta)

A few weeks ago, my friends from Breakfast Club at Radio Relativa invited me to participate in one of their episodes. I was so grateful for the offer that I got cocky, and have now ended up with this: two hours of new and semi-new (but unreleased) music, a couple of rehashes from my own back catalog, and some tweaked samples thrown into the mix (homages, celebrations, favorite musics!).

Here are some qualifiers, descriptive witticisms, for Destructive Editing, so titled:

- ambitious;
- colorful, melodically opulent (and cutesy and tender);
- tumultuous, polymorphous, but somehow coherent after all (the music wanders off course for minutes at a time, but carries on forward, optimistic that it will soon arrive at the next clearing);
- irregular, hectic at times and languid or meditative at other times;
- personal and intimate, without falling into the autobiographical or programmatic.

I’ll shut up, but not before sending massive thanks to Breakfast Club, to Radio Relativa, and, as always, to all of you who listen. :3 :3 :3

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Destructive Editing

Destructive Editing [Breakfast Club Radioshow #42]

Life brought me closer to the ways of the string quartet during this past year. Here's my neurotic attempt at one: my latest sonic contradiction, accompanied by linguistic gymnastics, presented to you in square aspect ratio. If this all sounds just a bit weird, it doesn't sound weird enough.

Check out "Strng Qrtet" on all streaming services and stores.

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Strng Qrtet

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth I

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth II

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth III

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth IV

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth V

Six Movements for the Disjointed Youth VI

Yerevan

On Hope, Intrusive Thoughts, and Light A

On Hope, Intrusive Thoughts, and Light B

On Hope, Intrusive Thoughts, and Light C

Three Exercises in Lassitude

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Synthetic Flux No. 1

AUT (Take Her to the Moon for Me)

mx7 01

Album: Minimal Tendencies, Anemone Fields [31/10]
Track 6

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Minimal Tendencies, Anemone Fields

Gone

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