Created in 2011 within the institution's cutting-edge studios, these pieces are united by their deep engagement with spatial sound as a compositional material and their use of ZKM’s proprietary software, Zirkonium, for 48-channel spatialization.

Striping Strings and Broken Objects is an act of sonic archaeology. It begins with the intimate, material presence of a prepared piano, a nod to experimental tradition, and subjects it to a rigorous process of granular decomposition and spatial scattering. It is a study in entropy and transformation, where every string scrape and resonant fragment is magnified and set adrift in a immersive loudspeaker orchestra.

These compositions are not merely "recorded"; they are documentations of performances within a specific architectural and technological environment, the 48-loudspeaker dome of ZKM. The stereo versions presented here are careful reductions of the original multichannel works, which were designed to be experienced in a dedicated sound diffusion space.
créditos
de Dyspersive Objects, lançado em 20 de setembro de 2025
Composed, produced, and spatialized by Hugo Paquete
Developed during a research residency at ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics (2011)
Spatialization using Zirkonium software
Mastered for high-resolution digital release

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℗ & © Hugo Paquete

Striping strings and broken objects 2011 Hugo Paquete

Hugo Paquete music exists at the intersection of sound and computation. Through a practice of blending granular textures, algorithms, and spatial audio, his work navigates the space between post-techno drive and experimental sound art. Each release is a sonic system, an ecology of rhythm, noise, and resonance co-composed by machine precision and human perception.

Expect deep noise textures, speculative synthesis, audiovisual fusions, and sonic reflections on a post-human future.