MONOLITH – Takao Hyakutome

“Perhaps our struggle to search for new music, as we do now, might seem totally nonsensical for advanced beings of higher dimensions. Idling in such thoughts, I can picture an unknown, mysterious and far more intelligent species having built a MONOLITH for their own reasons, and yet nobody knows when it was raised nor if it would ever move or vanish in the future, as in the SF novel 2001: A Space Odyssey by A.C. Clarke.” 

All the compositions featured on MONOLITH showcase the extensive palette of the acoustic violin and prove its utility in the individual musical language of each of the composers. Ferneyhough’s piece displays complex rhythmical figures. Malondra explores sub-harmonics and enthusiastically uses extended techniques. These are also broadly utilized by Frenkel. Finally, Kiyama’s heavily distorted sound, as if electric devices were in use, contrasts well with the intimate and fragile tone of Baltakas. These outstanding works cohere and coalesce into something that gradually draws apart from the solid idiom of classical music.

Recording, mixing and mastering: Simon Vander Beken
Supervision: Serge Verstockt & Thomas Moore
February/April 2014
Art work: Takao Hyakutome

"Solo Violin & Electronics" — Concert van Takao Hyakutome (viool)

Locatie:
Opus 4, Desguinlei 90, 2018 Antwerpen

Inkom: 10 € (-12 jaar gratis)