for percussion and fixed media.

I. Chroma
II. Value
III. Hue

performed by Joanne Chiang.
premiered in Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music in May 2022.

artwork: Sol LeWitt - Composite Series, Plate #01 (1971)

Video: https://youtu.be/knODmkcNeqU?si=qTI2aO6x1ZOQl39B

Three Studies

for six players and electronics (2023). 

commissioned by Sinfonia Smith Square and premiered in Anghiari, Italy in July 2023.

flute: Ellie Blamires
clarinet: Raymond Brien
bassoon: Hollie Redshaw
violin: Naomi Warburton
viola: Wanshu Qiu
cello: Miki Piszczorowicz

I was thinking about euphoria in pop music, that simple, single-minded ecstatic feeling you get from so many love songs. I found some vocal samples I liked and slowed them down and looped them, imagining each one as a kind of sculpture, gently rotating round and round in a neutral, dream-like space. Still euphoric, but frozen like TV static, repeating obsessively like prayer ritual.

1. I STILL FEEL
2. YOU'RE ALL I NEED
3. DON'T RUN FROM ALL THE THINGS YOU FEAR
4. THINKIN' ABOUT YOU, I'M THINKIN' ABOUT YOU
5. WE AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, YEAH. I LET 'EM GO
6. TELL ME I'M YOURS
7. AH, JUST DON'T WALK AWAY
8. I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU BUT I CAN'T SAY NO
9. I WANNA BE WITH YOU
10. YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER FADE AWAY

https://bennobuto.com/break-up-mantras

Break-Up Mantras

Voice of Thành Luke. Excerpts from a 2018 live performance of Cá Hồi Hoang's  
‘Điền Vào Ô Trống (250)’ / 'Fill In The Blanks'
Image by Hagan Nguyen, 2024

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“Mời anh hoặc chị Cá Hồi Hoang đến quầy dịch vụ số 250 để nhận lại hành lý thất lạc”

Mình làm từ xương từ da cafe thuốc lá và hai tram năm mươi lít đồ có cồn
Còn bao ô trống cho ta điền vào?
Còn bao ô trống cho ta điền vào?
Còn bao ô trống cho ta điền vào?

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“Please come to service counter number 250 to receive your lost luggage”

I am made from bones and skin, coffee, tobacco, and 250 litres of alcohol 
How many blank spaces are there for us to fill in?
How many blank spaces are there for us to fill in?
How many blank spaces are there for us to fill in?

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Điền Vào  Ô Trống (250)_ pp rework

song #1

back together *your safe haven

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Any proceeds will be forwarded to families in Gaza.

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Stop the holocaust.
Stop the holocaust.
Stop the holocaust.

PWYW / donate to Gaza

Tenebrae

“Sun Sets” is an instrumental piece I wrote while processing my grandfather’s passing. It’s built on guitar and piano with some ambient textures, and to me it feels like the journey of a spirit, gently returning home. Hope it brings some peace to whoever listens. 


#instrumental #ambient #guitar #piano #soundscape #emotional #meditative #healing #spiritual

Sun Sets

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Acetone Tailspin

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from the ep "late august stars against the early september sky"
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https://kwils.bandcamp.com/album/late-august-stars-against-the-early-september-sky-ep

Điền Vào Ô Trống (250)_ pp rework

precarious propositions