"South of the Central Lagoon Which Contained The Planetarium" for Strings, Chamber Orchestra, Piano, Live Electronics.

The following were administered to select performers based on an algorithm partially formulated using Smale's Eleventh Problem: 

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Adderall, Straterra, Vyvanse, Paraldehyde and Xanax.  (2013)  Bil Smith Composer.


Premiere Performance, Art Basel Miami, December 8, 2013.

"South Of The Central Lagoon Which Contained The Planetarium"

"Concentrated Sweetener and Aperture: Bechet's Syndrome" (2010)- (2014)
Bil Smith Composer

This work for six violins and controllers was inspired by a lecture I attended in Darmstadt in 2012 with Irvine Arditti in which he explained the historical and technical nuances of the Freeman Etudes.  

In this work, each performer is equipped with an arsenal of controllers, most designed for the electric guitar.  The performer can choose the controllers of preference prior to the performance, however, they are limited to a specific type of controller.  They also have the right to choose no controller.  The list is as follows:

Roland Funny Cat
Oberheim Voltage Controlled Filter/Maestro Filter Sample and Hold
 Ampeg Scrambler
Klon Centaur Overdrive Pedal
CostaLab Custom Muff
Hartman 8va Octave Fuzz True-Bypass Tycobrahe Octavia/Octave Fuzz Pedal 
Vahlbruch Effects / Octavia/ 2010
Pigtronix Keymaster
T-Rex Engineering PolySwitch AB
Xotic X Blender
Audible Disease Audio Signal Switcher ASS-1 
Wounded Paw / Blender V4 / 2013

"Concentrated Sweetener And Aperture: Bechet's Syndrome"  Bil Smith Composer (2010/2013)

Ringdove (9.7041")

from The Compaction Music Series from Bil Smith

Ringdove (9.7041")

"Synerbes" for Orchestra and Electronic Tape Premiered January 17, 2013 at Zipper Hall, Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, California - Bil Smith Composer

"Synerbes" for Orchestra and Electronic Tape - Bil Smith Composer

"Drop The Edge" for Chamber Orchestra

"Fined Repeatedly" - A New Composition for Modified Chamber Ensemble and Electronic Tape - Bil Smith Composer

"Fined Repeatedly" for Modified Chamber Ensemble and Electronic Tape - Bil Smith Composer

"Ilatom" for Potentiated Voices, Piano and Modulator which premiered at Merkin Hall in February, 2013.  Less than two minutes long and one year to create.

The potentiated voice supports a variety of coincidence-detection mechanisms, which are crucial for synaptic integration and plasticity.  




"Ilatom" for Potentiated Voices, Piano and Modulator

"Dustu Skandalis" Compaction Piano Music

"Temperate Cathodes" (From The Compaction Music Series), 2013 for Chamber Ensemble.

"The Compaction Music Series from Laboratorie New Music will be released in Summer 2013 as a CD box set with booklet complete with score examples and essays.

Bil Smith Composer

"Temperate Cathodes" (From The Compaction Music Series) - Bil Smith Composer

"CatchTrigger" (A Compaction Piece) for Female Chorus, Chamber Ensemble, Reductive Cellular Automata, and Negative Re-Synthesis Based on the Karplus-Strong Algorithm

Bil Smith Composer.

My compaction works are much in the style of identifying with an Oulipian theorem of puzzle, rule, governance and adherence. These works have been inspired by both original and documented music and art which is unified by a common thread.



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