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«UKIGUSA
(the sky is as blue as a tragedy)» is a composition
for prepared vibraphone and two players. Composed in ten distinct parts—eight
of which are realized by d’incise and Cyril Bondi on the accompanying CD-R—the piece incorporates
sheets of aluminum, cardboard cups, Styrofoam, acacia beans, and other
disparate objects and extended techniques in combination with the vibraphone
to explore pitch, timbre, and the delicate interplay of materials. The result
is by turns austere and lush, abstract and organic; it is also unfailingly
beautiful. «UKIGUSA» is released in a limited edition of 100 archival CD-Rs,
each of which is accompanied by the complete score; two sheets of origami
paper, one of which carries the track listing and additional credits; and a
hand-folded origami swan that bears the Suppedaneum
logo.
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“Ukigusa (the sky is as blue as
a tragedy) is a piece on a shore, where one would
hesitate between ground and water. If it can be seen as an instrumental
piece, its roots are in a practice of collecting objects, finding pitches in
them, manipulating them, looking for the materiality of the vibration and its
capacity to propagate or interact with other objects. The instrument is
turned again into a primitive artifact, resonating plates of metal activated
by two people, four hands, or four bows.
In Ukigusa, one
will find tonalities and harmonies that should be listened to for what they
are, but which are also merely the context or the door for much more to
happen on an intimate scale, small sonic architectures, a poetics of the
decay, parasites, slowness, the lost sometime of control over things, and the
distanciation between the gesture and its
consequences. Beauty is not something to be ashamed of in this piece, nor is
its melancholic mood.”
–d’incise
1.
I wonder
if the boat will be late again (no. 2) [15:11]
2. Don’t leave anything behind (no.3) [10:01]
3. Just… hold… your… horses (no. 4) [6:50]
4. She sent me a
postcard (no. 6) [8:24]
5. I’m not so
sure now (no. 7) [12:36]
6. But I want you
to remember me from time to time (no. 8) [9:22]
7. You’re all so
quiet tonight (no. 9) [8:15]
8. He always left
like that, with a heavy heart (no. 10) [7:03]
Performed by Cyril Bondi
and d’incise.
Recorded in September 2016, Insub. Studio, Geneva, Switzerland.
With the support of the Foundations Nicati De-Luz and Henneberger-Mercier.
This is Suppedaneum
no. 13.
d’incise (Geneva, 1983) is
associated with no particular instrument, instead using whatever can be
considered as such: software, recordings, objects, percussion, harmonium, and
so on. He
is interested in radicalism, reductionism, repetition, and conceptual
approaches, assembling a specific set-up for each new occasion, whether in an
improvised or composed context. He tends to focus on the smallest details of
the elements with which he works and appreciates slowness and the obsessive
exploration of simple processes. For many years, with Cyril Bondi, he has been responsible for the INSUB. label, orchetra, the Diatribes
duo, and many other projects. In addition to his work with sound, he is a
graphic designer. In recent years, he has composed pieces for various situations, including a sextet for the
Vortex Ensemble, a solo for a modified guitar for Cristian
Alvear, a double bass solo for Félicie
Bazelaire, and a piece for any number of prepared
snare drums and loudspeakers (ILHAS, released on Suppedaneum
in 2014). These pieces combine attention to tuning, electroacoustic
listening, and references to baroque or traditional music.
External links: d’incise (official site)
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