***Please use your fanciest audio equipment*** 

• 1st Prize at the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition (2021) form the Contemporary Music Lab 
• 2024 PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival call for scores, Honorable Mention

The intention behind this piece is mainly to construct a discourse distanced from the elements that are traditionally explored in electroacoustic music, eg. texture and timbre. While these elements are undoubtedly present in the piece, it is first and foremost the rhythmic impetus — working around an unstable pulsation — its energy, as well as the imagery and the dramaturgy of the work that is highlighted. 

I have worked exclusively with a collection of sounds from my personal library as well as sounds that have been recuperated online (sort of objets trouvés), like a depository where I drew the parts that were best suited; hence the title “Junkyard Construction”. 
This comes from an interest to work with fairly limited resources (concerning equipment), which is also why it’s a stereophonic piece.
   
“Why stop the swing?” refers not only to the rhythmic content, but also to the swaying of unstable images that are being constantly re-contextualised, progressively detaching and revealing themselves as the inner drama unfolds.

To learn more: https://www.luis-quintana.com/music-catalogue/junkyardconstruction

Junkyard Construction: Why stop the swing?

Drip Drop

1.Kraftwerk - Prologue/2009 Remaster
2.JB - Peaches
3.Rare Bird - Passing Through
4.King Krule - Slush Puppy
5.FKA Twigs - Pamplemousse
6.Tirzah - Basic Need
7.SZA - GO Gina
8.Giveon - Make You Mine
9.Spealcure - Inside
10.Walls - Raw Umber Twilight
11.Joji - YEAH RIGHT
12.Moodymann - Mahogani9000
13.WU Hen - Early Prayer
14.Nina Kraviz - AUS
15.Shigeto - Detroit Part1
16.Nulbarich - Intro
17.Omar Apollo - GO Away
18.Saysueme - So Tender

BLUES

NewJeans - Hype boy Remix

NewJeans (뉴진스) - Cookie dub reggae remix

NewJeans (뉴진스) - Cookie (Dub reggae remix)

1. FKA  Twigs - Track Girl Interlude
2. Triple S - Chowall
3. Joy Orbison - Runnersz
4. Newjeans - Ditto
5. The Cyclist - Bones In Motion
6. Wordcolour - Babble
7. SOHPIE - Hard
8. FredAgain - Delilah
9. HAAi - Orca
10. llluvia - Eagle  Vision
11. Nathan Micay - Moon Scepter Elimination
12. Simian Mobile Disco - Casiopeia
13. Japanese Breakfast - Abandoned Grounds
14. kyo Lchinose - Big Sur
15. Newjeans  - HURT


HURT

https://open.spotify.com/artist/33rsLjcQAxD5RVroiKeRb4?si=qJCqINivTzKAPBQh76GU0Q

Never Really Here

10 Years

With a background in classical music conservatory, she chose to tell contemporary stories through electronic sound. Her works have been featured in electronic music festivals and experimental sound platforms across cities like New York and Seoul, and she has participated in international forums exploring the relationship between music and the body, sound and space.

Her sonic language deconstructs rhythmic structures and melodic textures, weaving between minimal grooves and emotional atmospheres. Much like herself—calm and composed on the outside, yet roaring with intensity within.

For this performance, she looks forward to connecting with fellow artists and audiences alike, seeking new resonances and possibilities through sound.

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Laby

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