@arwenthalion: Thanks a lot! :) That's probably the first time a stranger from the same country commented on my piece :)

@lars-hogendoorn: Yay, that is amazing! Thank you!

Dunno how I missed this one, this is amazing! I especially love the transition to the rhythmic pattern in the strings :)

what holds them together (2020), for portative organ. Performed by Ryszard Lubieniecki (https://soundcloud.com/ryszard-lubieniecki).

what holds them together

Bande sonore composée dans le cadre de l'exposition "Traversées", du photographe Éric Bourret, avec la contribution de Nuria Prats Fons, au Musée de Millau et des Grands Causses, du 18 juin au 31 décembre 2022.
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Grands Causses - Musée de Millau et des Grands Causses

Madison Greenstone (bass clarinet), Anthony Vine (electric guitar), and The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus conducted by Steven Schick

The Song of St. Bazetta (2022)

Written for Alarm Will Sound, amplified sinfonietta and live keyboard sampler for the electronics.

Hasta que no pueda (2023)

okno, okno, okno (2023)

The so-called “number stations” are shortwave radio broadcasts whose only purpose is to transmit encoded messages in the form of a series of numbers, words, and other patterns of audio signals. These transmissions, which have been reported for over a century and are still in use today, are believed to carry sensitive information to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries. With the use of cryptographic techniques such as one-time pads, agencies can securely transmit messages that are virtually undecipherable by anyone other than their intended recipient. As a result, for anyone else, the patterns in these signals carry no information and are completely indistinguishable from pure randomness.

okno, okno, okno is a four-part multichannel electroacoustic work that explores such broadcasts, some of which date back from the Cold War period, while others were intercepted during the time of its composition. Composed by processing these shortwave sources through an analogue synthesiser, this piece employs algorithmic looping techniques coupled with some improvisational elements. It thus offers a window into these mysterious signals that constantly surround us and uses repetition as a method for both exploring and deconstructing them.

The fours parts are:

    • E07: “English Man” (Russian station, active)
    • G11: “Strich” (Polish station, inactive)
    • S25: Russian Man “Control” (Russian station, active)
    • S03: “Okno” (Czech station, inactive)

okno, okno, okno

Completed September 11, 2023
Premiered by JACK Quartet in Taplin Auditorium, November 29, 2023

Written for JACK Quartet

The grisaille technique has always interested me for the challenges posed to its practitioners: the technique limits painters to monochromatic palettes. Beginning as underpainting for stained glass, grisaille eventually flourished as an entire form of its own in the 16th century. Today, art historians depict it as a singularly rigorous exercise that forced artists to more carefully consider their brushstrokes and composition in the absence of color. 

Many of my teachers spoke similarly about writing for string quartet: a practice that forced artists to write with economy and intention within a limited color palette. This piece, Panes of Grisaille, is a study in timbre, seeking to pull as much depth and energy from its homogeneous instrumentation as possible. The music leans heavily into sounds and tunings that are only possible on strings, ricocheting through as many techniques as possible while barreling forward with incessant momentum. 

I owe much thanks to the astounding musicians of JACK Quartet, to whom this piece is dedicated. I only dared write something so frankly demanding knowing it would be in their hands.

Panes of Grisaille, for string quartet

1a: a filament, a group of filaments twisted together, or a filamentous length formed by spinning and twisting short textile fibers into a continuous strand
b: a piece of thread
2a: any of various natural filaments
the threads of a spiderweb
b: a slender stream (as of water)
c: a projecting helical rib (as in a fitting or on a pipe) by which parts can be screwed together : screw thread
3: something continuous or drawn out: su
ch as
a: a line of reasoning or train of thought that connects the parts in a sequence (as of ideas or events)
lost the thread of the story
b: a continuing element 
a thread of melancholy marked all his writing
c: a series of electronic messages (as on a message board or social media website) following a single topic or in response to a single message
4: a tenuous or feeble support hung on by a thread

Nić (sólisté Orchestru Berg, 2023)

obtain

Gestion

Extract from a reverie on the cosmos, acceleration and the loneliness of space travel

Martin Lau & Kaj Duncan David - Formula For Escaping The Logic Of The Trap [extract]

All Aphex Twin Songs Played At The Same Time

After a while, I'm back again with a new public track! This time it is quite different. In this piece, I was shifting away from tonality and had to invent my own ways to notate the piano part.

The track describes a story of a drowning person - from the first splash to the transition to the other world.


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I like to work texturally, incorporate processes and create a sound experience. My former coding background inspires me to develop harmony and other aspects of music.

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