(2015)
Stereomix of 6-channel original.

Astrocyte (Astro from Greek astron = star and cyte from Greek “kyttaron” = cell) are characteristic star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord. Recent research (2015) has shown that these cells have a important role to help the brain to remember. They have also been showed to occilate.

In this electro-acoustic piece, which forms part III of a larger piece for cello solo, electronics and visual performance, I have imagined this “cell – world”; how these cells sends information and how that may sound like.

Formally the piece contains 10 “phrases” of different lengths. (These different phrases; their lengths, construction etc. are connected to the piece in its whole and could be regarded as a way at looking into the brain and see, through the astrocytes, how it treats the memory (and pre-memory) of the piece… a kind of information flow of every part… but condensed).

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Live at Het Nutshuis March 14th 2016 
MusicNow 

Susanne Peters, Flute and Voice 
Christian Smith, percussion 

Rob Strolenberg, sound engineer 
Bauke Makkenze, sound engineer assistant

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