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Can

January 25, 2018

acousmatic composition - electroacoustic music

Composer: Tom Williams

Year of Composition: 2009
Instrumentation: acousmatic
Type of Electronics: Fixed

Number of Channels: 5.1
Duration: 9
Video Component: None

Recording

Can is an abstract work that interrogates a limited range of sonic material.

Can takes two metal cans – a trash can and soda can – and crushes and shreds them sonically. It is a work of disrupted and transformed loops and rhythms shaped by strong spatial trajectories, and where classic compositional techniques of repetition and variation of material, within a strong formal design are at its core.

2010 Special Mention and medal of the Senato della Repubblica Italiana for the “electro-acoustic music”  section – VIII International Contemporary Music Contest “Città di Udine”

Can was released in early 2011 on the Taukay label:

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