SCRAP (2019)
Saxophone, Trombone, Piano, Accordion, Cello and live-electronics
17′
WP : 06.04.2019, Forum neuer Musik des DLF, Köln,
Ensemble LUX:NM
Edition Juliane Klein Order No.: EJK0952
Score Preview (Edition Juliane Klein, pdf)
Scrap – as noun: a small, detached piece / a fragment of something written, printed or spoken/ the least bit/ (plural): parts rejected or discarded and useful only as material for reprocessing – as verb: to convert into scrap/ to abandon or get rid of as no longer of enough worth or effectiveness to retain/ to quarrel, fight.
SCRAP plays with the borders between one small bit, or scrap to another. The edges of the scraps are articulated and perpetually redefined. There is no material of higher consequence, the focus is on the smallest audible point, which is then further divided and combined with other sound particles to create new scraps. The similarities or differences of the particles create relationships and a dialogue between the scraps, which result in higher-level transformations.
The scraps resound in the concert space. Through live-electronic processing the difference between the direct sound and its natural mutations through the reverberant room are illuminated. The medial processing recombines the direct and the distant on the time-plane as well. The newfound identity of the immediate scraps and their borders are challenged by their combinations with samples (ghosts) of formerly articulated particles and scraps.
The tension in the piece arises from the desire of each scrap to remain in our memory as the primordial instance, the definitive identity, of SCRAP.
Annesley Black, 2019