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Solis-EA

January 9, 2016

The percussion is accompanied by a virtual 8-string instrument with LOTS of feedback and distortion.

Composer: Per Bloland

Year of Composition: 2011
Instrumentation: Percussion and electronics
Type of Electronics: Live

Number of Channels: 2
Duration: 10:00
Video Component: None

Score ResourcesRecording

The electronics for Solis-EA are organized around a physical model of an 8 stringed instrument capable of producing a huge amount of distortion and internal feedback. This instrument responds to the material played by the percussionist, attempting to track the pitch of these sometimes “unpitched” instruments as best it can.

The piece is loosely inspired by the novel Stillaset Brandt, by the Norwegian author Pedr Solis. Having created several other pieces that are tightly connected with the principle (unnamed) character in the novel, Solis-EA is more concerned with the author himself, his unusual and dichotomous life, and his mysterious disappearance (or tragic end, depending on which biographer you read).

This piece is dedicated to Ryan Packard

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