This piece's material was derived from a recording of the Zapotec poet, Esteban Ríos Cruz saying a phrase in Zapotec: Pa cadi ganda cuezanu, ne yénenu ni cazaaca, mba'binitinu guendaridunna (if we cannot stop and pay attention, we've lost all connection). I filtered the recording and gathered its harmonic properties, thus arriving to the melodic material heard at the beginning. The composition then proceeds to do a certain zoom in into those notes, and culminates in "the connection game", where the players pass the notes around in some sort of ping pong game, thus generating polyrhythms and fun times. This game only works if people are listening to each other –connecting with each other.

Singers: Nicolás García Lieberman & Rodrigo Martinez
Ondes Martenot: Alonso Huerta

Hecho en México

Guendaridunna

electronics - me
trombone - weston olencki http://www.westonolencki.com/
horn - laura weiner http://www.lauraweinerhorn.com/
percussion - ian antonio https://ianantonio.com/

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Guendaridunna

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