for six players and electronics (2023). 

commissioned by Sinfonia Smith Square and premiered in Anghiari, Italy in July 2023.

flute: Ellie Blamires
clarinet: Raymond Brien
bassoon: Hollie Redshaw
violin: Naomi Warburton
viola: Wanshu Qiu
cello: Miki Piszczorowicz

I was thinking about euphoria in pop music, that simple, single-minded ecstatic feeling you get from so many love songs. I found some vocal samples I liked and slowed them down and looped them, imagining each one as a kind of sculpture, gently rotating round and round in a neutral, dream-like space. Still euphoric, but frozen like TV static, repeating obsessively like prayer ritual.

1. I STILL FEEL
2. YOU'RE ALL I NEED
3. DON'T RUN FROM ALL THE THINGS YOU FEAR
4. THINKIN' ABOUT YOU, I'M THINKIN' ABOUT YOU
5. WE AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, YEAH. I LET 'EM GO
6. TELL ME I'M YOURS
7. AH, JUST DON'T WALK AWAY
8. I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU BUT I CAN'T SAY NO
9. I WANNA BE WITH YOU
10. YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER FADE AWAY

https://bennobuto.com/break-up-mantras

Break-Up Mantras

Ben Morris is a composer whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. He is Assistant Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.

@isengard01

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upcominG:

11th july ISENGARD x JIJEI w/ MC ZKW, POUNDSHOP, RAQL, ICED LATTINA, XAVISPHONE, LIVING GATLATO @ V.I.P (85 CHAUSSEE DE LOUVAIN 1210 ST JOSSE)

past:

28th june @ TBA + 28th june @ Parc de la Fonderie (Brussels)
8th june @ Recyclart for Schiev x Kraak Festival
31th may @ City Links (La Vallée, Brussels)
20th apr @ Minimaxx (USquare, Brussels)
4th apr @ Slagwerk (Botanique)
28th feb @ Beursschouwburg 
31th oct: ISENGARD x MONTAGE @ Brasserie Illegaal (brussels)
15th nov: BPM Collective @ Cafe Central (brussels)
28th march @ Beursschouwburg 
26th april TBA
9th may @ Horst Festival (vilvoorde)
4th july@ La Tricoterie (brussels)
1st august @ Kiosk Radio
20th july @ Dour Festival (dour)
13rd january @ REcyclart
17th january @ LYL RADIO (online)
3rd february @ Illegaal
1st march @ Beursschouwburg
8th nov BOTANIQUE, brussels
16th nov LA PERLE brussels
7th dec Kiosk Radio
13th october Kiosk Radio
23/09 @ Brasserie Illegaal, Brussels
15/09 @ Espace Voltaire, Geneve
28th may meta!! Marseille
22/04/23 @ La Vallée, bxl
01/04/23 @ Ambio, Paris

https://precariouspropositions.wordpress.com/