A tree of thought, for alto recorder & live electronics. Performed by Clara Guldberg Ravn.

Movements
1. Toccata
2. Rememberance
3. Falling leaves
4. A tree of thought

Programme note:

A tree of thought is a multi media work for solo performer equipped with a brainwave sensor— treating it as if it were a musical instrument. The piece utilizes Neurofeedback(NFB) to both create different sound worlds based on the performers brain activity, and at the same time generating musical notation for the performer to improvise over. During the performance the EEG picks up the performers different states of mind— Attention, Calmness, Excitement etc. and uses this to create another layer of control for the musician to play along with(or against).

In this piece i used a commercial EEG scanner (Neurosky Mindwave mobile 2) for the performer to equip. To collect the data i used George Khut's application BrainwaveOSC. The application transfers the EEG data into OSC messages that are sent into MAX/MSP. In max the data is transformed into 3 elements: Sound, Notation & Moving image for projection. Offering three dimensions of media for the performer to control with her mind.

The main inspiration for this piece came from multidisciplinary artist Lisa Park and her installations Euonia and Euonia II, both works based on EEG feedback in order to manifest thoughts into sound.

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Recorded on the 8th of October 2020 at EMS, Stockholm by
Gustav Lindsten & Johan Blixt.

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A tree of thought

The noise that remains

Archipelago

Arpland

Pareidolia

Somnia

Surge (Modular version)

Excerpt from the play "Maleficarum" by Theatre heartbreak. 
Premiered on the 15th of January 2022 in Uppsala, Sweden.
Co-created with composer & sound designer Johan blixt:

https://www.johanblixt.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TEATERHEARTBREAK/
https://www.gustavlindsten.com/

Maleficarum - "The ritual” (Theatre soundtrack)

Absence

Epilogue

Intermezzo

Monolith

Heroic loneliness

Maleficarum - The drowning test (Theatre soundtrack)

Improvisatory piece for solo piano composed and performed in early 2022 by Gustav Lindsten

https://open.spotify.com/track/3p7sUr0F43OxaC93fiEDPO?si=4b29ec1577094671

Shifting Light

Electroacoustic improvisation using the DroneLab soundpack from Ableton. 
Mixed and mastered on the 25th of Dec 2022 by Gustav Lindsten.

Shadow loop part 1

Electroacoustic improvisation using the DroneLab soundpack from Ableton.
Mixed and mastered on the 25th of Dec 2022 by Gustav Lindsten.

Shadow loop part 2

Piece for chamber choir & live electronics. 
Written in the fall of 2015, for eric ericsons chamber choir.
first performance on the 10th of april 2016
Conducted by Fredrik Malmberg.

Penumbra - for chamber choir & electronics

For 15 strings, composed in the spring of 2016. 
First performance on the 13th of May 2016 in Växjö
by Musica Vitae, conducted by Michael Bartosch

Umbral loops - for 15 strings

Excerpt from soundtrack for the play "The tidings brought to Mary". Premiered on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm on the 29th of
March 2018.

Music by: Gustav Lindsten

The tidings brought to Mary - Opening (theatre music)

Solo work for tenor recorder & live electronics, composed 
in the fall of 2017. 

First performance on the 23rd of March 2018
By Clara Guldberg Ravn at "svensk musikvår 2018".

Invocare - For Recorder & Electronics

Composed in late 2018 for Soloist Clara Guldberg Ravn. First performance at the concert "Svävningar" on the 13th of February 2019 at Kulturfyren, Stockholm. 

Eagle Recorder: Clara Guldberg Ravn

Gudrun Dahlkvist, violin
Frieda Mossop, violin
Ossian Kaufeldt, viola
Peter Eugene Volpert, cello
Benjamin Ziai, Double Bass

Gustav Lindsten, Live-Electronics

Recorded and mixed by Lars-Emil Öjeberget.

Deus Ex Machina (for Eagle recorder, String quintet & Electronics)

Gustav Lindsten is a composer, sound designer and multi-instrumentalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Having spent most of his musical career as an interdisciplinary artist, Gustav has mainly composed music for the theatre and the stage. 

Through his electronic as well as acoustic works, Gustav explores themes of
nostalgia, introspection, beatitude and the interpolation between nature and 
technology. Gathering most of his inspiration from the imperfections of lofi-gear, field recordings, modular synthesis and his own background in the contemporary classical music scene in Stockholm.

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