Reading by Ensemble Dal Niente at University of North Texas

Concrete Forest (2025) for Bass Clarinet, Piano and Percussion

Prepared piano and urban malaise for the aspiring screenwriter

License

Spiro's Desk

Honeysuckle

Club Redacted

String of Pits

Mr. Bellaine

I remain prepared

Vassilis Roupas: Synths, Arpeggiators, Rainsounds 
Dimitris Talarougas: Synths, Watersounds, Prepared Piano

A fluid, ever-shifting soundscape embodying the essence of water—formless yet powerful, soft yet unstoppable. Just as water takes the shape of its container, this composition flows between structured lines and free-form experimentation, blending prepared piano sliders, deep drones, and organic textures (ocean waves, rain, droplets) with distinctive arpeggiators.
Inspired by **Taoist philosophy**, **martial arts' softness overcoming rigidity**, and **TCM's** (Traditional Chinese Medicine) view of water as a life force, the track mirrors the element’s adaptability—gentle in stillness, relentless in motion. Emotionally, water reflects our inner states: calm surfaces or turbulent depths, just as the human body (nearly **80% water**) carries memory, rhythm, and resilience.
Field recordings merge with glitchy imperfections, embracing the **"liveness"** of improvisation—each listen reveals new currents. A sonic meditation on **flow, surrender, and the quiet strength found in yielding**.

WATER ELEMENT

Kisamilé est une pièce introspective, dont les sonorités du piano utilisé comme objet sonores permettent un voyage au sein de texture, paysages et couleurs particulières.

Juin 2024, avec l'accompagnement de Stéphane BORREL.

Kisamilé - pour piano préparé

The moon hangs low, a silver tear,
For little **Lily**, no longer here.
Her empty bed, a silent plea,
Where could our sweet **Lily** be?

The monsters sing their lullaby,
Beneath a cold and watchful sky.
"Sleep, sleep, little one, don't weep,
While we our dark, sweet secrets keep."

Her teddy waits, a fuzzy friend,
For a story that will never end.
But only shadows dance and play,
Where **Lily** vanished yesterday.

The monster's lullaby

Cheuk Shing Li (Sampson) is a Hong Kong-born composer whose works explore sound, texture, and timbre.  
 

Sampson’s compositions have been recognized internationally. His recognitions include winning the 2023 JACK Studio (JACK Quartet), the Barcelona Modern International Composition Course Call for Scores, Toolbox Percussion International Composition Competition, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble Sonic-Visual Interplay (CoLab) Call. He was also a finalist in the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild New Generation Competition (2022 and 2023) and a recipient of scholarships such as the David M. Schimmel Memorial Composition Scholarship Fund and the Dr. Paul Gregory Bonneau Memorial Composition Scholarship in 2024.

 

His works have been performed by ensembles like the Barcelona Modern Ensemble, New Morse Code, Romer Quartet, Dawning Quartet, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble,  JACK Quartet. They have been featured in renowned festivals, including the Barcelona Modern Festival and the Toolbox International Creative Academy.

 

Sampson is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Music Composition at the University of North Texas, where he studies with Panayiotis Kokoras and Jon Nelson. He previously earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Music from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), studying composition with Camilo Mendez and Stylianos Dimou.


Sampson’s development as a composer has been further enriched by Chaya Czernowin, Héctor Parra, Ken Ueno, Daniel D’adamo, Nathaniel Stookey and Chikako Morishita.

Ambient tapestry for images, text, installations, motion and more.
e-mail: lydstria@yahoo.com

Minimalist acoustic music. Recorded in Blue Dot Studios for production and pleasure. We work with public radio and podcast producers to write and record their soundtracks.  NPR, Gimlet, WNYC, Radiotopia, PRX.

We do unusual things with marimbas and 2X4s. 

All music available under a Creative Commons license, also simple and inexpensive to license for your fancy projects.

Hello ! I'm French. I was born in 1970 and I saw when music was made possible on personal computers with the first rather cheap digital keyboards and samplers. 
If music and making music with machines is my passion, it is still a hobby. I wish I would write music for modern dance companies someday as it is something that I enjoy. 
I like the idea that technology allows us to produce complexity and master theory. 
Music has always been helpful in rough times and I want to paint « emotional landscapes » with sounds and rhythms.

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