Recording Date: 18.11.17

Killian Perret-Gentil: Moog Mother 32, Dave Smith Tempest II, various effect pedals

Raphaël Belfiore: Modular Synthesizer, No-Input Mixer, A&H Zed 14FX

live performance (/w Killian Perret-Gentil), 2017

Improvised performance with resonating metal plates and objects

Recorded in Zürich on the 13.12.19

solo performance (metal plates and objects), 2019

I am a Swiss composer currently based in Basel. My artistic practice lies between music, art and theory. Recent projects of mine have been presented in several European countries and include composed and improvised performances, ensemble pieces, video works, concert interventions a multi-media installation and recently also a book of text scores.
In my recent work I have tried to not only think about the notion and history of music but also to think with and through it in order to make works that function as models of different realities while being "about" or "from" reflections on musical phenomena.
I believe that beauty can be found in the rigorous cohesion between thought and action and I aim to apply this to my musical practice as much as possible. This hopefully results in works in which theory and practice are in deep interaction and cannot be dissociated.

Raphaël Belfiore

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