Taku Unami & Jean-Luc Guionnet: A Signature of the Room, Sun 22 March, 21:55-22:40, The Arches

Who

Jean-Luc is a French saxophonist/ composer/ organist/ field recording artist. Tokyo acoustic laptop improviser/ composer/ agitator.

What

Simple maths and a super stringent instructions in the score move precise frequencies and clicks around 6 speaker stacks to create a dense, constantly fluctuating environment of standing waves and physical sound.

Why

It's a musical exploration26 of sound as a relational phenomenon27. Because sound, after all, bounces off walls, shakes things: different frequencies vibrate different spaces – your eyeballs (30-80Hz), your head (~25Hz), the Arches (let's find out).

26About structure and gradual change.

27You know: i.e. sound changes as it moves through spaces, and as we move too.

Taku Unami - Malignitat III (excerpt) (6:38)

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