ProVocative Machines(2006)

"Adolescents" is the first single from the upcoming Incubus album, 'IF NOT NOW, WHEN?'

Single artwork photo: Bernice Abbott

Adolescents

Abismo Interno (stereo version)

A Study, or an Étude, is usually composed with a certain goal in mind: perfecting particular technique or skill. This piece explores positioning of sound in space using Ambisonics technique, with particular consideration for the change of pitch associated with moving sound sources (know as the Doppler effect) and changes in sound intensity, depending on the simulated distance from the listener. The other technique explored is a sound synthesis process called wave-shaping, allowing for a particular kind of distortion and cross-synthesis effect.
This is a stereo (UHJ) version.

Electronic study No. 01 (stereo version)

for solo violin, pre-recorded spoken voice, and live electronics

Premiere: 8 June 2018; Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA

Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
Ibidunni Ojikutu, spoken voice 

DARN. exhibits a counterpoint of evolving structures. Perhaps the most prominent of these structures is the spoken part that contains a number of reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music achievement, collected from various online sources. The reactions are integrated into the piece in a particular order, ranging from seemingly naïve questions about what qualifies Lamar’s album DAMN. for the award, to bursts of blatant racism.

The piece is also a study on Roland TR-808, a classic drum machine that has shaped the soundscapes of numerous hip-hop beats. The electronic layer of the piece heavily relies on a digital emulation of the bass drum circuit of TR-808.

DARN.

Center no Distractor
From the EP 'Nothing aiming is a splinter' (2013)


Center no Distractor, the latest project of the collaborative duo Stephanie Pan and Stelios Manousakis, is an explosion of movement, physicality and gritty, thumping beats, for taiko and live electronics. Performances are simultaneously a concert, an exploration of sound and body, a visual spectacle; it is dance for the ears, the body, the eyes and the mind.


All compositions by Center no Distractor

Stephanie Pan: tateuchi taiko
Stelios Manousakis: live electronics, programming

Recorded at Zeebelt Theater, Dec 2012
Recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Stelios Manousakis

ProVocative Machines(2006)

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