Hommage à Ryoji Ikeda

Untitled No. 20, 2019

Cavitation

Improvisation

Synthesizer Piece no. 1

Synthesizer Piece no. 2

I was inspired by watching radioactive particles decay in a cloud chamber and also the works of Horacio Vaggione. This piece focuses on motivic presentations of microsounds which were processed from samples of orchestral instruments, drums, synthesized sounds, piano strings, and plastic tubing.

Alpha Decay

Study In Particulate No. 1

Small Things Big Sound

This track is the first movement in a series of pieces that are impressions of Kandinsky paintings. The painting that inspired this piece is called "Colorful Ensemble," painted in 1938 by Wassily Kandinsky; the detail of which is what I am currently using as my profile picture on soundcloud and bandcamp. 

The defining feature of the painting "Colorful Ensemble" is the juxtaposition of small and large musical events. In the painting, Kandinsky juxtaposes small, energetic, colorful events with larger, timbrally-rich events of different shapes, contours, colors, and intensities. 

This is the defining characteristic of my impression of this piece: it utilizes microsounds on several different time scales superimposed on one another to create a unique energetic weave of multiple moving strata. Kandinsky's shapes all have different characteristics, whether they are colors or patterns, and I've attempted to give my microsounds different shapes, colors, and patterns as well.

Impression of "Colorful Ensemble"

I'm an electroacoustic composer who specializes in micromontage and granular synthesis. My complete works are available on Bandcamp:
mcgender.bandcamp.com.

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