Performed by Two New Duo - Ellen Fallowfield (cello) and Stephen Menotti (trombone). Recording from a workshop held at City University, 07.03.17. http://www.twonewduo.com

This piece examines the physical nature of the instrumental sound by using long, held notes at microtonal intervals, which cause a fluctuating pattern of beats. The sounds are then broken down into constituent parts of transient noise and sustained harmonics. Rooms acoustics are important in this piece and the 'locatedness' of sounds is often ambiguous.

The title refers to philosophical discourse about the nature of sound. Distal theories consider sounds to be located at the object which is vibrating, whilst proximal theories say that sounds are where the listener is. Medial theories locate sounds in the medium between the object and the listener. At different points in the piece I tried to emphasise different modes of listening, shifting the location and spatiality of the sounds.

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T. Bach - tenor, soprano sax,electronics, voc
P. Lorek - guitars
K. Debski - dr
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genre-destroying long-haired punk jazz pop rock.

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