The Permafrost Squirms [disquiet0511]

Made as part of the Disquiet Junto Project 0511: Freeze Tag
To Record a new piece of music based on your consideration of freezing (and thawing). I clearly went with the thawing.
The two panned high synth parts recoded using norns ‘fall’ program. Detuning delay added in bitwig. Drone parts using one of the norns drone apps (can’t recall which one).

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The Permafrost Squirms [disquiet0511]

04 Bach - Alle Menschen Müssen Sterben  BWV 643 2

In a cross-tuning of 84-tone equal temperament and 13-limit just intonation.

Amélie Berson, flute
Phoebe Bognár, bass flute
Mireia Pellisa Martín, alto saxophone
Thierry Madiot, bass trombone
Carlo Sampaolesi, accordion
Félix Lacquement, electric guitar
Paola Aviles, harp
María Alejandra Jiménez, violin
Adèle Viret, cello

Commissioned by GMEA – Centre National de Création Musicale d’Albi-Tarn. Recorded live at the Athanor in Albi, France on August 6, 2022  by Benjamin Maumus – GMEA's sound engineer.

Commande du GMEA – Centre National de Création Musicale d’Albi-Tarn. Enregistrement à l’Athanor à Albi le 6 août 2022 et mixage par Benjamin Maumus – ingénieur du son du GMEA.

Nocturne (2022) for harp, electric guitar and ensemble

performed by Maciej Skrzeczkowski on 21.06.22, Royal Conservatory of the Hague (NL)
mixed & mastered by Lilita Dunska

for blandine & maciej

#9 of new works in collaboration with Sarah Saviet and Joseph Houston, created during Fall 2022

piano harmonically aligned with the open violin tuning

this is a piece that culminated after 9 studies, realized by Sarah and Joe

recording is taken from the live concert recording, December 2nd, 2022, KM28, Berlin

violin/piano study #9 for Sarah and Joe (by Catherine Lamb)

An arrangement of one verse from 

'Song Composed in August' by the Scottish poet and lyricist
Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Voice and guitars, arrangement - Fredrik Rasten

Recorded April 20, 2022

Video:

https://youtu.be/D6oJYBopFT0

Song Composed in August (one verse) by Robert Burns

Performed by Wavefield Ensemble:

Nicholas DeMaison, conductor
Roberta Michel, flutes
Madison Greenstone, bass clarinet
John Gattis, horn
Jen Baker, trombone & 3D-printed vocal tract tube
Dennis Sullivan, percussion
Erica Dicker, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Iva Casián-Lakoš, cello
Tristan Kasten-Krause, bass

Recorded by David Adamcyk
Mastered by Murat Çolak http://www.muratcolakmusic.com/geryon-sound.html
Filmed by Michael Sinicropi
Edited by Stuart Breczinski
DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, March 2023

Program Notes:

The term "disembodied voice," much like Alice's "grin without a cat," poses an inherent ontological problem. The voice, which is typically produced as a result of purely material processes, now exists detached from its physical source and becomes the sole manifestation of our human essence. Despite the present impossibility, however, our psyche seems to be able to close this gap rather easily.

Being our primary medium for language and expression, the voice can readily function as a portal between our corporeal existence and whatever we might choose to call the rest: a soul, a consciousness, or a persona. The voice can be a placeholder for all the latter, as made apparent in phrases such as “one’s inner voice,” “the artist’s voice,” or “making one’s voice heard.” It is for this reason that disembodied voices have commonly been used to represent human-like entities in many works of fiction, ranging anywhere between ghostly presences to super-intelligent AIs.

“This Person Does Not Exist” was titled after the website with the same name[1], through which Nvidia’s neural network StyleGAN can be used to generate human faces. While the original website reproduces artificiality through AI generated images, I wanted to approach the same uncanny possibility by creating the semblance of a disembodied voice. For this purpose, I designed and 3D printed a small instrument that models the human vocal tract with a trombone mouthpiece attachment. The trombonist, who remains concealed behind the suspended frame drum at the center of the stage, performs this instrument to produce human-like sounds ranging from soft moans to loud, distorted screams. With the use of both pre-recorded and live performances of this instrument, I wish to elicit the presence of a disembodied, artificial voice, and thus underline the reproducible nature of our own human essence.

[1] http://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com

Art: Yugo Kohrogi

This Person Does Not Exist (2023)

New work in progress for and with violist Carrie Frey

"blackhole" for digitally extended low viola w/Carrie Frey (work-in-progress)

Infamous Beirut DJ Ernesto Chahoud takes over the NTS signal for his monthly 'Beirut Daze' slot, recorded in Lebanon and showcasing music from his far-ranging collection.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/ernesto-chahoud/episodes/ernesto-chahoud-12th-august-2023

Beirut Daze w/ Ernesto Chahoud 120823

Jonathan Harvey - Tombeau De Messiaen

Damaged Equally; everyone spoke too fast
 
solo violin and electronic | 2019
Written for and Premiered by Lauren Cauley in Cambridge, MA

Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio

https://zeyneptoraman.com/DamagedEqually

Damaged Equally (solo violin and electronics, 2019)

Composer - Researcher. Currently based in Berlin.
https://zeyneptoraman.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tora_zeynep/

tora.zeynep@gmail.com

Damaged Equally (solo violin and electronics, 2019)

Zeynep Toraman

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