Time is a work for processed and amplified violin, acoustic piano and prerecorded material. 
In the past I have written several works for instruments and prerecorded/synthesized material, but was always troubled by the difficulties of synchronizing the instruments with the prerecorded material. 
While working with sequencers that also incorporate scoring features, I realized that it would be possible to have an electronic work playback in sync with a score. In Time, while the sequenced material is being played back, musicians can follow a score on the screen in which the cursor is pinpointing the exact position. With this setup, both tempo and meter changes are very manageable.
In working with two instruments, a dual monitor setup is needed for both instrumentalists to have their own score. 
No synthesizers were used in the creation of Time. All of the prerecorded material was created by assembling, manipulating and processing hundreds of small audio clips of composed and then recorded material. 
The inspiration of the work derives from a beautiful poem by Ohio pet Dale Seeds. 

Once Remembered, not Forgotten

In the clock ticks between consciousness and sleep
Images and fragments break the surface of shrouded memory,
Coming into technicolor focus, colors ride on warm breezes,
With scents of spring rain, summer grass, wood smoke,
A perfumed hand.

Images orchestrated with half melodies,
Half forgotten, half remembered.

We reach to hold the moment,
Collapse it into our arms and draw it to a place
Where photos never fade and echoes continue on forever.

Time For Electric Violin, Piano and Computer

Sebastian Birch