Name: Suspect Device - Decibel by edbennett
Duration: 11 min 38 s
Description: Suspect Device is an extensive reimagining of the classic Stiff Little Fingers song of the same name. Performed here by the fantastic Decibel.

The piece is divided into 8 sections, which each time extends followed by a number sequence: 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, and 2. In this case, the last section becomes twice longer than the previous one, representing the effect of longing, which means Pratiksha in Indian language. The harmony is based on the chromatic transposition down of the chord of three pitches until it supplement the first chord (upper tetrachord) to the full Indian raga scale.
Also, I was inspired by gamaka’s definition that they are basically connective forces and the manner of travel from one note to another. There are 32 ways of gamaka’s, which are mainly responsible for the aesthetic enjoyments in the entire performance, differing from each artist. My intention not to represent gamaka's, but use them in such a way, that they could transform into microtonal ornamentation of the melodic cycles.
The work is commissioned by the Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. The world is dedicated to the ensemble Apartment House. 

Recording engineer  - Simon Reynell

Pratiksha

Written for Adele and Martin Johnson , viola and cello in 2016 and premiered at the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin's Salon series.

Swells And Shoots 2016

Suspect Device is an extensive reimagining of the classic Stiff Little Fingers song of the same name. Performed here by the fantastic Decibel.

Suspect Device - Decibel

Serenade for Percussion

This is the second interlude from 'Recueillement', a chamber opera by Garrett Sholdice based on poetry by Charles Baudelaire.

In the opera, this music accompanies the projection of a silent film by Krishan Hukam (vimeo.com/user8487642/videos).

Isabelle O'Connell is the pianist here (www.isabelleoconnell.com).

This is a live recording taken from the Ergodos-produced first performances of Two Operas at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, August 2012.

Personnel for the first performances of 'Recueillement':

Michelle O’Rourke, voice; Silja Thomsen, dance and choreography; Krishan Hukam, film; Ergodos Muscians (Kate Ellis, cello; Isabelle O’Connell, piano); Garrett Sholdice, direction; Aedín Cosgrave, lighting; Valerie Francis, sound, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, producer.

More info on the opera here: garrettsholdice.ie/recueillement-2

More info on the suites of concert music extracted from the opera here: garrettsholdice.ie/two-arias-and-a-recitative

And here: garrettsholdice.ie/two-dances-and-two-interludes

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Suspect Device - Decibel

edbennett

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